Kem Weber (1889-1963) was a furniture and industrial designer, an architect, art director, and a teacher. He was born Karl Emanuel Martin in Berlin, Germany. Weber trained as a cabinetmaker before enrolling at the School of Decorative Arts in Berlin in 1908, where he studied with Bruno Paul. He graduated in 1912, and came to San Francisco, California to supervise work on the German pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Wikipedia
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