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The architect, designer, decorative and graphic artist Emanuel Josef Margold was trained as a carpenter at the technical school for woodworking in Königsberg an der Eger. He then studied at the Mainz School of Applied Arts with Anton Huber and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in the master school for architecture with Josef Hoffmann. In 1908-10, he carried out construction contracts in Bohemia and Austria. He then became Hoffmann's assistant in the master class and an employee at the Wiener Werkstätte (WW). Margold took part in numerous ideas competitions while still a student. The Darmstadt publisher Alexander Koch became aware of him and published Margold's designs in various magazines from 1907 onwards. In May 1911, Margold was appointed to the Darmstadt artists' colony and set up a studio in the Ernst-Ludwig-Haus. He made numerous designs for all areas of arts and crafts such as jewellery, porcelain, glass, fabrics and wallpaper. Several living quarters and offices are also documented from this period. His tin biscuit tins for the biscuit manufacturer Bahlsen in Hanover (1912 – 1918) became well-known. The later Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer and husband of the photographer Irene Bayer, née Hecht, was studying with Margold in Darmstadt at the time. In Darmstadt, Margold also furnished August Wilk’s lamp shop and designed tombstones in the Expressionist style. In 1929, Margold moved to Berlin, where he designed several residential buildings in the New Building style (Neues Bauen). In 1938, he was appointed professor at the School of Applied Arts in Bratislava.
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