Like architecture, design means outline, not form. What must be designed is not primarily the shape of the product, but its utility, its usability, its feel for developments yet to come, its invisibly taking into account implications of a higher or...

The famous Frankfurt architect Ferdinand Kramer designed this simple (conically shaped) door handle in 1925. Pair of levers, compl. with round lever roses and spindle. Material: Polished and nickel plated....

This door handle and the corresponding window handle by Walter Gropius were almost certainly designed in 1923, but not manufactured by the Berlin company S.A. Loevy in any quantities until 1923. Pair of levers, large size, compl. with lever roses and...

This door handle and the corresponding window handle by Walter Gropius were almost certainly designed in 1923, but not manufactured by the Berlin company S.A. Loevy in any quantities until 1923. Pair of levers, large size, compl. with lever roses and...

Between 1926 and 1928, Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher and architect, designed and built his home in Vienna in the Kundmanngasse. He also designed the complete interior including the doors and windows and all associated fittings. For his doors he de...

Wilhelm Wagenfeld designed these handles for the now defunct firm of S.A. Loevy Co. in Berlin. They were produced and sold in limited quantities, for example for the doors of the former Columbus House. The Wilhelm Wagenfeld door handle has not been m...