{"id":21584,"date":"2025-08-22T15:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=21584"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:15:05","slug":"how-a-chair-transformed-the-world-furniture-design-and-tubular-steel-at-the-bauhaus","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/podcasts\/how-a-chair-transformed-the-world-furniture-design-and-tubular-steel-at-the-bauhaus\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Chair Transformed the World: Furniture Design and Tubular Steel at the Bauhaus With Kristin Bartels"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text' data-pattern='ho\/header-podcast'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'>\n\n<div  class='header-magazine-contents'>\n\n<div  class='cf-rem-max-width container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-4'>\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">How a Chair Transformed the World: Furniture Design and Tubular Steel at the Bauhaus With Kristin Bartels<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='podcast-metadata'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div>Episode 2<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div>34 min<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 podcast-image-wrapper'><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline  lazy-background-fill\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_vwnktv\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 12529,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"ohne-Inventarnr_Sammlungspraesentation-BHA-Berlin_1989_c_BHA-1-300x201.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":201,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":13670},\"large\":{\"file\":\"ohne-Inventarnr_Sammlungspraesentation-BHA-Berlin_1989_c_BHA-1-1024x685.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":685,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":101655},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"ohne-Inventarnr_Sammlungspraesentation-BHA-Berlin_1989_c_BHA-1-768x514.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":514,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":63302},\"small\":{\"file\":\"ohne-Inventarnr_Sammlungspraesentation-BHA-Berlin_1989_c_BHA-1-440x294.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":294,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":24870},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"ohne-Inventarnr_Sammlungspraesentation-BHA-Berlin_1989_c_BHA-1-580x388.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":388,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":39388},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"ohne-Inventarnr_Sammlungspraesentation-BHA-Berlin_1989_c_BHA-1-720x482.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":482,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":56778},\"original\":{\"file\":\"ohne-Inventarnr_Sammlungspraesentation-BHA-Berlin_1989_c_BHA-1.jpg\",\"width\":1109,\"height\":742}},\n\"alt\" : \"\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0,\"y\":0.49},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:66.907123534716%; 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