As an inventor, Otti Berger is not so much concerned with expressing her subjectivity or inner self but concerned with inventing a new weaving process and protecting her identity and invention through patenting. Even though her road to patent wasn’t easy, Berger ultimately received two patents: one in Germany in 1934 and one in London in 1937 (p.56).
Textile’s characteristics, such as functional, unremarkable, sometimes generic and mass-produced, often rendered textiles unattributed. Her motivation to seek patents comes primarily from her identity as a woman in a rather anonymous field of textile industry. She understood the difficulty of the under-recognized Bauhaus students and Bauhaus’ emphasis on the communal entity, which replaced the
Textile’s characteristics, such as functional, unremarkable, sometimes generic and mass-produced, often rendered textiles unattributed. Her motivation to seek patents comes primarily from her identity as a woman in a rather anonymous field of textile industry. She understood the difficulty of the under-recognized Bauhaus students and Bauhaus’ emphasis on the communal entity, which replaced the