Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, or Mies for short, was one of the bright sparks that set Europe in motion. He was the last official director of the Bauhaus School of the Arts, a seminal school for design, art and craft that is responsible for coining what is commonly referred to today as “industrial style”. Using innovative materials of industry, Mies and his colleagues invited clean lines and unhurried construction into the home, replacing the stuffy styles of yesteryear with powerful new icons of modernity. Today, they look just as contemporary as ever, almost 100 years after their creation.