One of her early works was the “Notwohnung” (Emergency Living Quarters) for Ferdinand Porsche, which she furnished in cool Bauhaus style. Later she became known through projects such as her interiors for the Stuttgart Television Tower and the Chancellor’s Bungalow in Bonn. The residence of the head of government defined the official style of the republic. The native Austrian advanced to the rank of star interior designer, a role she self-confidently filled. Witzemann studied during the Second World War in Vienna and Munich and was already working independently in 1948. A professor of furniture-making from 1952, she would become an influential figure during the 1950s, acclaimed even beyond Germany’s borders. In 1957 she received a silver medal at the Triennial in Milan, at the time the most important international design show. Like her contemporaries who were also active in the southwest, Egon Eiermann and Herbert Hirche, she designed furniture for Wilde + Spieth, including the SW 50 easychair with clean-lined L-shaped upholstery atop tubular steel and the SW 88 garden chair, whose cane back and seat are carried by a scaffolding of metal bars. A classic is the bistro table SWF, which is still in production today.