Therma

Name: Therma
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ISBN: 9783037787922

Swiss Pioneer of Electric Appliances 1904–1978

Claude Lichtenstein

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English

Lars Muller Publishers
01 February 2026

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Individual designers; Product design

The first comprehensive account of one of Switzerland\'s most innovative electrical appliance companies and its role in industrial design.

For more than 70 years, the Swiss company Therma produced electronic appliances ranging from irons and stoves to refrigerators and kitchens. The company's history coincides with the decades of wide-ranging modernization of the Global North over the course of electrification. Therma did not simply submit to this process, but rather actively sought to affirm its competitive edge. Innovations in the field of electric cooking were particularly targeted at the modern housewife-through the gender roles invoked by this image, societal boundaries of the time become visible and legible. This publication offers the first comprehensive account of the history of Therma and its role in the development of industrial design from Art Nouveau to modernism, presented in six chapters filled with a wide range of previously unpublished illustrations.

AUTHOR: Claude Lichtenstein is a Swiss architect and an expert on design history. From 1985 to 2001 he was curator of architecture and design at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

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Founded in 1904, Therma was a Swiss electric appliance manufacturer that mainly produced stoves for commercial and domestic kitchens. The company was acquired by Electrolux in 1978. .

Chronicles the full lifespan of Therma and its role in shaping modern industrial design in the West. Full of amazing ephemera-think mid-century kitchens and vintage catalogs!

Edited by: Claude Lichtenstein
Imprint: Lars Muller Publishers
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 264mm, Width: 198mm,
ISBN: 9783037787922
ISBN 10: 3037787929
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

CLAUDE LICHTENSTEIN (*1949) is a Swiss architect and an expert on design history. From 1985– 2001, he was responsible for exhibitions on architecture and design at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich in the function of curator. He was a lecturer in design history and design science at various Swiss universities of applied sciences (ZHdK, FHNW, HSLU, ZHAW) and publishes widely on these subjects.