Even after 17 years, the three letters HTM make the hearts of collectors and fans beat faster: For instance, the Nike Lunar HTM Flyknit, created in 2012 in this collaboration, can only be found for four-digit amounts. The sneakers they designed were mostly equipped with the latest technology, ushering in new eras as a result. This was particularly striking in Nike’s HTM era, named after the three designers who joined forces in the early 2000s: Hiroshi Fujiwara, founder of Fragment Design, Tinker Hatfield, who started his career as an architect and later influenced Nike’s design language like no other with models like the Air Max 87 or the Air Jordan 1 and last but not least Matt Parker, CEO and President of the company.

Similar to the Dessau Bauhaus, a certain Beaverton sports shoe manufacturer often combines art and functionality in its products. After all, we’re not a publication about nice buildings. But I think that’s enough information for you. The minimalism, which is typical for the Bauhaus style, still has a huge influence on architecture, industrial design and fashion today. The Corbusierhaus, built in 1957 after plans by architect Le Corbusier near Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, is a clear example of the movement’s design philosophy and our chosen location for this photo series. Buildings such as the Gropius Houses in Berlin Zehlendorf, built in 1928, or the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart, designed in 1927 by Mies van der Rohe, embody the core of the Bauhaus with their simple design language and thus stand in extreme contrast to the eccentric Art Déco style, which was established around the same time and especially shaped the Paris cityscape. The masters of the school were also often given the opportunity to shape urban spaces with their architecture. However, the focus here was not on the creation of art, but on the design of everyday objects such as wallpaper, ashtrays and furniture. As a reaction to the traumas experienced in World War I, Gropius and his two fellow Bauhaus directors, Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, wanted to redesign everyday life in Germany: From then on, young people were given the opportunity to develop their creativity and thereby influence their immediate surroundings. At this location, it had a lasting influence on architecture, art and craftsmanship from 1926 to 1932.

Don’t worry, after a short excursion into design and architecture it’s really going to be about shoes and in the end everything will make sense, I swear!Īlthough Walter Gropius founded the school in Weimar, it is mostly associated with Dessau in Saxony-Anhalt today.

Alright, I will stop babbling about the favorite cocktail of every Italian, basic bitches and me. But in Weimar, the focus was more on a minimalist design language than on a soft tipsiness in the sunshine. Similar to the beloved summer in a glass, the history of the German institution begins in 1919. As some of you may know, I’m talking about the Bauhaus Art School. With all the hype surrounding the Italian liqueur Aperol, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this summer, it’s often overlooked that another equally important cultural achievement has been around just as long. 1919 was a great year, although probably not a single reader can confirm this as a contemporary witness.

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