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Albers-Inspired NESTING TABLES

ike many design nerds, the first style of furniture I fell in love with back in architecture school was the work that came out of the Bauhaus, a German art school that ran from 1919 to 1933 and served as an incubator for artists and designers whose work would lead into the post-war mid-century modern movement. The Bauhaus style featured meticulously-designed, yet deceptively-simple geometry coupled with straightforward functionality. A great example of this is found in a set of nesting tables designed by Josef Albers

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