Bauhaus Furniture, Design, Architecture & People

48 Folding Table by Gustav Hassenpflug

Another great design that came out of the Bauhaus, the Folding Table by Gustav Hassenpflug.

This is a design that is often imitated even today, nearly 80 years after the original was designed in 1928. It’s proof that good design and good ideas never get old or outdated. The Bauhaus workshops produced much of what we still consider modern today, even after almost a century.

This folding table is made of wood and when fully closed is only 9cm wide (that’s less than 4 inches). Fine craftsmanship and world class design made the Bauhaus famous.

47 BRNO Chair

The BRNO chair is another of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s masterpieces. Originally designed in 1929-1930 for the bedroom of the Tugendhat house in Brno, Czechoslovakia, the BRNO chair’s design has stood the test of time.

Constructed of flat steel bar (there is a round tube version as well), bent into shape and chrome plated (or polished stainless steel), the BRNO chair is of the highest quality. This has no doubt contributed to it’s success and staying power. Like Van der Rohe’s other works, it’s the quality and not only the style that gives it that extra something and makes it into a true work of art.

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