Deutscher Werkbund
The workshop concept flourished in its early years and spread. In 1907, Hoffmann was co-founder of the "Deutscher Werkbund", and in 1912 of the "Österreichischer Werkbund" (or Austrian Werkbund). But the workshop ran up against the First World War and then the Great Depression, which hit Germany and Austria especially hard. It was forced to close in 1932.