Rudolf Steiner, Alchemy of the Everyday, is a major retrospective exhibition of the most prolific of twentieth century philosophers. It is a travelling exhibition created by the Vittra Design Museum, in Weil am Rhein, Germany (near Basle, Switzerland).

1. Kosmos Rudolf Steiner 5.2 - 22.5.2011
The 150th Anniversary Exhibition
Alchemy of the Everyday
@ Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
byVitra Design Museum, Basel
A photographic review of the exhibition by John Paull john.paull@mail.com
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3. Foyer of the Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
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4. Entering the Kosmos with image of Rudolf Steiner working on the timber sculpture The Representative of Humanity (1919)
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5. Plaster model for the sculpture The Representative of Humanity by Rudolf Steiner and Edith Maryon (detail)
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6. Portrait of Rudolf Steiner by D Huschke (1906) detail
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7. Rudolf Steiner was one of the most prolific authors of the twentieth century
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8. First edition of The Philosophy of Freedom by Rudolf Steiner, 1894, Berlin
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9. Anthroposophic furniture
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10. Goethe’s Plants edited by Rudolf Steiner (1891-1896)
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11. Anthroposophic furniture, photo of the Goetheanum at the rear, desk to the right (c 1935)
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12. Anthroposophic furniture, photo of Haus Duldek at the rear, model of the Boiler House of the Goetheanum at the left
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13. Anthroposophic furniture created for Haus Duldek, with photo of Haus Duldek at the rear
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14. Anthroposophic wardrobe (Organische gestaltung = Organic design)
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15. Anthroposophic furniture (wardrobe, 1920s)
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16. Model of the Goetheanum I (c.1919) (building construction began 1913, building destroyed by fire 1922)
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17. Blackboard drawing by Rudolf Steiner with motifs of the Goetheanum II (1924)
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18. Model of the Goetheanum II
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19. Poster advertising a Eurythmy performance at the Goetheanum (1926)
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20. The original Waldorf School, Stuttgart (1919)
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21. Model of new building for the Waldorf school at Stuttgart (2003)
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22. Blackboard drawing by Rudolf Steiner (1923)
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23. Blackboard drawing by Rudolf Steiner (1924)
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24. The manor house at Koberwitz (now Kobierzyce), venue for Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course in 1924
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25. First edition of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course, 1924, in German
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26. Early Demeter biodynamic farmers stirring the preparations (Germany c.1935)
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27. View of Schlossplatz (Stuttgart’s city square) from Kosmos
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28. View of Schlossplatz (Stuttgart’s city square) from Kosmos
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29. The Rudolf Steiner exhibition, Alchemy of the Everyday, is designed as a travelling exhibition with visits to other cities
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30. Bibliography
Brüderlin, M., & Groos, U. (Eds.). (2010). Rudolf Steiner and Contemporary Art. Cologne: DuMont
Buchverlag.
Kries, M., & Vegesack, A. v. (Eds.). (2010). Rudolf Steiner ‐ Alchemy of the Everyday. Weil am Rhein:
Vitra Design Museum.
Neider, A., & Schukraft, H. (2011). Rudolf Steiner in Stuttgart. Stuttgart: Belser Gesellschaft.
Paull, J. (2011). A Postcard from Stuttgart: Rudolf Steiner's 150th anniversary exhibition 'Kosmos'.
Journal of Bio-Dynamics Tasmania, 103(Sept.), 8-11.
http://orgprints.org/19512/1/Paull2011KosmosJBDT.pdf
Paull, J. (2011). The secrets of Koberwitz: The diffusion of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course and
the founding of Biodynamic Agriculture. Journal of Social Research & Policy, 2(1), 19-29.
http://orgprints.org/19518/1/Paull2011SecretsJSRP.pdf
Paull, J. (2011). Attending the first organic agriculture course: Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course at
Koberwitz, 1924. European Journal of Social Sciences, 21(1), 64-70.
http://orgprints.org/18809/1/Paull2011KoberwitzEJSS.pdf
Paull, J. (2011). Biodynamic Agriculture: The journey from Koberwitz to the World, 1924-1938.
Journal of Organic Systems, 6(1), 27-41.
http://orgprints.org/18836/1/Paull2011KoberwitzJOS.pdf
Paull, J. (2011). Rudolf Steiner and the Oxford Conference: The birth of Waldorf education in Britain.
European Journal of Educational Studies, 3(1), 53-66.
http://orgprints.org/18835/1/Paull2011OxfordEJES.pdf
Steiner, R. (1924). Landwirtschaftlicher Kursus gehalten zu Koberwitz 7. bis 16. Juni 1924. Dornach:
" Herausgegeben von der naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion am Goetheanum.
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