Designers

German-American · 1886–1969

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Last director of the Bauhaus and apostle of 'less is more,' whose furniture shares the crystalline clarity of his glass-and-steel architecture.

Chairs by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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