1907 Werkbund ("Association of Craftsmen")
The Austrian Werkbund developed amid the strain between German perspective and Austrian tradition.

From an organisational and historical point of view the German Werkbund, dating from 1907 was the model for the founding of the Austrian group.

Personalities and institutions of the Austrian style such as Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstätte ("Viennese Workshops") were integrated as members in the German Werkbund within the programme "Refinement of commercial work in co-operation with art, industry and crafts". The Austrian Werkbund was founded in 1912.

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