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Deutschland - Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900-1990)  The famous cube-shaped china, here one model with jugs and storage jars, designed in 1938 by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for the Lausitz Glassworks. © Quittenbaum München, Modernes Design - Kunsthandwerk nach 1945, 9th June 01'  Conical, funnel-shaped and spindle-shaped inner walls for Wagenfeld vases designed for WMF. © Quittenbaum München, Modernes Design - Kunsthandwerk nach 1945, 20th May 00' It was as simple as a street lamp and still a symbol of early functionalism. When Wagenfeld said that the best characteristic of objects was their "unpretentiousness", he meant by this useful, low-price and yet appealing everyday objects. Thus the silversmith created many consumer durables out of glass and metal: such as his legendary cube-shaped china (1938) and other press glass designs for Jena Glas (Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke) or his work for WMF, Rosenthal and Braun.
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