Designs for Playing Cards by Czeschka

These designs were produced by Carl Otto Czeschka in 1906 as a series of playing cards to be produced by the Wiener Werkstatte. The figures of the face cards exist within very geometric framework around somewhat abstracted figures. The number cards themselves begin to feel like surface design by Hoffmann or Moser, delighting in the gridded structure and abstracted forms inherent to the symbol of each suite.

(source Rita Buichet Ltd. European Antiques)

Textiles+Graphic Design

Due to the underlying concept of the 'gesamtkunstwerk', the artists of the "Wiener Werkstätte" often found themselves merging disciplines or at least blurring the boundaries a bit. Graphic design specifically applies to this behaviour because its intrinsically communicative. It would not only be the main promotional tool, it was used for archival purposes, simplification/clarification of ideas, small-scale entertainment (e.g. postcards), etc. This is one example of GD working with textiles:

via: Subjective's Flickr Set

Woodcuts

Franz Karl Delavilla. 'A Sad Little Piece', eight-page accordion book with six coloured woodcuts, 1906. Hand-printed coloured woodcuts.

Brandstätter, Christian. Wiener Werkstätte Design in Vienna, 1903-1932: Architecture, Furniture, Commercial Art, Postcards, Bookbinding, Posters, Glass, Ceramics, Metal, Fashion, Textiles, Accessories, Jewelry. New York, N.Y: Harry N. Abrams, 2003. Print.

Postcards

UL: Rudolf Kalvach. Greetings card to celebrate a name day. Wiener Werkstätte postcard no. 15, 1907-8. Coloured lithograph.
UR: Rudolf Kalvach. Humorous card. Wiener Werkstätte postcard no. 59, 1907-8. Coloured lithograph.
LL: Rudolf Kalvach. Birthday card. Wiener Werkstätte postcard no. 27, 1907-8. Coloured lithograph
LR: Rudolf Kalvach. Humorous card with clown. Wiener Werkstätte postcard no. 94, 1907-8. Coloured lithograph



Brandstätter, Christian. Wiener Werkstätte Design in Vienna, 1903-1932: Architecture, Furniture, Commercial Art, Postcards, Bookbinding, Posters, Glass, Ceramics, Metal, Fashion, Textiles, Accessories, Jewelry. New York, N.Y: Harry N. Abrams, 2003. Print.