Otto Künzli | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 4 objects involving Otto Künzli

The Manhattan Piece Smoking Jewelry

The Manhattan Piece Smoking Jewelry
dannemann cigarillos box, brass, rubber, resin (ureol), paper, linen (book).
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-65-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

A circular necklace made from a thin steel cable with no visible clasp, with a pendant made from a triangular section of medium-toned wood picture frame molding, with undulating ogee curves, lateral grain and some wormhole texture.

Pendant Pendant Necklace
picture frame fragment, wood, steel.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-62

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A thick, circular bangle bracelet covered in black rubber, with a globular protruberance at the top. (The black rubber covers a solid gold bracelet underneath, which is unseeable, alluding to the name of the piece, 'Gold Makes You Blind.' )

Gold Makes You Blind (Gold Macht Blind) Bangle Bracelet
black rubber over gold.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-63

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A brooch made from a rectangular color postcard depicting an aerial view of a small city or town is mounted on plastic and held in place by four clear plastic corner mounts, with a red pin-type closure on reverse.

The Image (Das Bild) Brooch, 1981
postcard in acrylic sleeve, brass, rubber band.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-64

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.