the design studio got into trouble for that bauhaus is the name of a chain of d.i.y. stores in germany that company took them to court because it had obtained the rights to use the name back in the 1960 s. . we got this cease and desist order and we had to rename ourselves that was a catastrophic start to our new business. but in retrospect i'd say that energized us and really got us going into holding up the company. without a change of name to tendency the company as it is today probably wouldn't exist. and. with success comes the risk and the honor of being imitated only copied counterfeiters make life tough for those who make the real thing it's a testimony to the intellectual and emotional power of the powerhouse that it still inspires both emulation and fakes. intellectual property theft is a reason behind the us china trade war not all economies follow the rules but at least there is a legal framework to protect innovators and investors it wasn't always that way imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and studying the masters was the custom is a short histo

we got a warning letter from the bauhaus d.i.y. chain that issue hadn't even occurred to us because they said. is a money spinner even a century later. no one copy something boring. this lamp is a classic it was designed in 1924 by bauhaus student vilhelm feld it was not commercially marketed at the time but today it is one of the most popular bauhaus products and one of the most copied the table lamp is now manufactured by techno lumen ingrain men it's the only company in the world to have an official license to do so it was granted by varg and felt himself the head of the company has been fighting against counterfeits for years. to make the sale of fakes generates at least as much money as we make with our products. for a bargain filled lamp to count as authentic it has to be constructed according to the original design details count the metal parts a nickel plated the stem and base of this variant a made of glass the cable is cloth covered and the foot of the lamp has about techno lumen stamp on the internet countless vendors sell bau