Michael Erlhoff
The German design theorist, art theorist and author was the founding dean of the Cologne International School of Design in 1991 where he was a professor until 2013. From 1987 to 1990, Erlhoff was the…
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Dieter Hassenpflug
The German professor of sociology and expert in urban studies was particularly interested in China and the development of its mega-cities. From 1993 to 2011 Hassenpflug was Professor of sociology and social history of cities…
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Ye Min
The former Deputy Secretary General of Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government approved the budget for the acquisition of the Bauhaus Collection in 2010.
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Jianming Song
The colour expert for architecture is the Vice President of the China Academy of Art and the immediate deputy of Jiang Xu. In 2011 he confirmed to the Chinese weekly magazine Nanbu Zhouka that he…
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Jiang Xu
The Chinese artist is the President of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Already at the start of the era of the reforms by Deng Xiaoping from 1978 onwards, the Chinese University of the…
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Jianping He
The former design student of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou to which the Bauhaus Collection was sold at the end of 2010, lives in Hangzhou and Berlin and runs a design studio called…
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Stephan Balzer
The Berlin art collector and management consultant was commissioned in 2005 by Torsten Bröhan to find a buyer for his collection of design objects. The written contract was terminated in September 2010 at short notice….
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Dan Klein
The British expert in glass art and design of the 20th century learnt to sing opera and ran a gallery in London before entering the employ of the auction house Christie’s in 1984 where he…
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Markus Wernhard
The director of the Goethe Institute in Taipai helped the Berlin management consultant and art collector Stephan Balzer make contact with the Taiwanese government offices so that he could negotiate a possible acquisition of the…
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Craig Robins
The wealthy property developer and art collector founded the show Design Miami together with Ambra Medda and was interested in the Bröhan Collection in connection with his property project “Design District“. The idea was that…
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