One such modern traditional is the Eiermann desk body. The development, lowered to a minimal, is a design by Egon Eiermann from 1953. Eiermann, probably the most essential German architects of the twentieth century, initially designed it only for himself, however resulting from its ingenious design, which mixes performance and aesthetics, the desk body quickly got here to take pleasure in nice recognition amongst his college students, so {that a} small sequence was produced and the complete Karlsruhe College of Utilized Sciences ended up being outfitted with it. On the finish of the Nineties, Richard Lampert was granted sole manufacturing rights by the Eiermann household and the unique design, which had not been produced for many years, was added to the gathering beneath the identify ‘Eiermann 1 Desk Body’. Within the meantime, the design has reached its seventieth birthday, has turn out to be internationally well-liked and is now thought of a design icon.