Nomos Celebrates 100 Years of Bauhaus Design with Nine Colorful Tangente Models (with Exclusive Live Images)
It was pure coincidence that as I was going through security at Newark Intl. Airport earlier this week, I received an email from my contact at Nomos introducing a new anniversary collection of Tangente models celebrating 100 years of Bauhaus design.
What made it such perfect happenstance was my destination that day: Glashütte by way of Berlin to visit the brand manufactory for the first time. It was just luck that the brand chose this week to introduce the new collection, allowing me to become the first journalist to view and photograph the Tangente “A Century of Bauhaus” models in person.
Nomos Tangente “A Century of Bauhaus”
First, a word on Bauhaus. The Bauhaus design school was a physical art school located in Germany. The term ? which translates roughly to “School of Building” ? is highly influential not only in modern and contemporary art, but also in product design, typography, and architecture. In fact, even if you aren’t familiar with the term, there’s a good chance you’ll recognize some of its most famous students such as Mies van der Rohe, Wasilly Kandinsky, and Marcel Breuer, plus a number of other impactful designers, architects, and artists. Although the school’s doors were shuttered in 1933 due to the encroaching threat of the Nazi regime, it has been highly regarded since it opened a century ago. After the school’s closure, its teachers and students scattered throughout the world spreading th...
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