Erich Dieckmann

Erich Dieckmann (* 5 November 1896 in Kauernik, Löbau district, West Prussia; † 8 November 1944 in Berlin) was a German carpenter, furniture designer, architect and university lecturer. Alongside Marcel Breuer, he is considered the most important furniture designer of the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau.

He primarily developed furniture (cabinets, tables, and seating furniture), initially made of wood in geometric shapes with rectangular frames and standardized designs, which enabled cost-effective production. Later, he also designed some organic seating furniture as well as carpet designs, clocks, furnishing and color concepts for functional interiors. His life and work fell into oblivion.

A piece of furniture has either grown organically, always developed from individual parts with a view to its intended purpose, or it has been cobbled together – from an elephant's body, a bay leaf, a spider's leg, if you will.

— Erich Dickmann, Möbelbau Holz-Rohr-Stahl,

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