German architect, born in Aachen (1886-1969), one of the main figures in the Bauhaus school of design and it´s last director in 1933, when the Nazi forces closed it. His “less is more” philosophy became a milestone in modern design. He later immigrated to USA and worked in Chicago’s Armour Institute of Technology and designed many well known buildings there. His work in furniture dated from 1929, when he produced his famous Barcelona line for the German Pavilion in the Barcelona International Exposition, and also for the Tugendhat House in Brno, Czechoslovakia.