September 13, 2003

100 years of design

table fan 100 years of design.

is a monthly installment of excerpts from a proposed book, 100 Years of Design--A Chronology 1895-1995 , by Carroll Gantz. "This table fan, designed by Peter Behrens, was introduced in 1908 by Allgemeine Elektricitäts Gesellschaft (A.E.G.), the successor to DEG (Deutsche Edison Gesellschaft), a German company originally founded 1883 by Emil Rathenau based on Edison's light bulb. AEG was the German equivalent of General Electric in the US."

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