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Title Drawings by Steiner
ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS
Explanations of Plates 5, 6 and 7
Figure 1: Dreigliederung des Sozialen Organismus, a weekly journal published in Stuttgart,
as it appeared from July 1919 to April 1920. The corner design, drawn by Dr. Steiner, can
be considered the prototype of all his book designs. This form first appeared on his book
Die Kernpunkte der Sozialen Frage [The Threefold Commonwealth] (Plate 6, fig. 18). The
lettering and the design below it are not Dr. Steiner’s.
Figure 2: The above journal as it appeared from May 1920 to January 1921. The corner
design was drawn by Dr. Steiner.
Figure 3: Folder for the Dreigliederung journals, which appeared after the first year of
publication. The corner design, a variation of fig. 2, was not drawn by Dr. Steiner.
Figure 4: Anthroposophie, Wochenschrift fur freies Geistesleben, published in Stuttgart from July
1922 to October 1931. The design was drawn by Dr. Steiner.
Figure 5: Dreigliederung des Sozialen Organismus as it appeared from February 1921 to June
1922. The design was drawn by Dr. Steiner.
Figures 6 and 7: Drawn by Dr. Steiner for the cartons of medicines made by the Clinical
Therapeutical Institute “Der Kommende Tag” in Stuttgart. The medicines were manufactured
in Schwab. Gmünd. The design (fig. 6) is light blue and red on a dark ivory ground. Note
the two red designs at the top and bottom of the box (left side of fig. 7) indicating on which
side the box is to be opened (Plate 9, fig. 18).
The box is cut out of a single piece of cardboard and then folded and glued. Only
two sides are shown here. The other two are the same as the right side in fig. 7, which is
shown enlarged in fig. 6.
Figure 8: Designed in 1920 by Dr. Steiner for the articles, drawn up by him for the founding
of a business undertaking.
Figures 9 and 10: Drawn in 1920 by Dr. Steiner for the Klinisch-Therapeutisches Institut in
Stuttgart. Figure 9 was used as a trademark.
Figure 11: Drawn in 1920 for the Klinisch-Therapeutisches Institut in Arlesheim-Dornach.