Otto Schulz
Otto Schulz (1882-1970) was a German designer and architect, schooled at the Technical University in Berlin-Charlottenberg and at the Architectural School in Berlin among others. The greater part of his career, however, was spent in Sweden.
Biography
The store was founded in 1920 by Schulz together with the Stockholm architect Adolf Nordinberg.
In 1920, Otto Schulz and fellow architect Adolf Nordinberg founded Firma Boet in central Gothenburg. Under Schulzās artistic direction, the shop brought together upholstered chairs and sofas, polished woods with marquetry, and patterned textiles. His furniture designs evolved with Swedish tastes, from Swedish Grace in the 1920s to Swedish Modern from the 1930s onward. The firmās monthly magazine, Boet, ran from 1928 to 1938, with a special anniversary issue in 1945. Alongside photographs of the firmās furniture and interiors, it published contributions from architects, craftspeople, critics and museum curators on subjects ranging from lighting and textiles to modern painting.
Models and collaborations
Schulz's work from the interwar and postwar periods merged artisanal tradition with a modern sensibility, and is known for its ability to combine traditional elements and techniques with a modern style. His designs never fully abandoned tradition but evolved within it: exclusive, handcrafted furniture in which tradition and function hold each other in balance.