Glass switches - The Bauhaus switch
Glass switches combine the objectivity of Bauhaus design with the transparency of genuine glass.
The series of glass switches includes rotary switches, sockets, telephone jacks, and antenna sockets.
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Available surfaces:
Transparent float glass, as well as white or black glazed porcelain. The decorative version is available in either white or black plastic.
Switch:
polar white, black, chrome or brass.
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The first glass switches, or to be exact: concealed rotary switches with glass cover were created about 1920. Of course, you may shrug them off with a laugh and the catchphrase 'nostalgia'. On the other hand, one might also reconsider them as the beginning of functional design for interior decorations, as intended by Bauhaus.
It is not a co-incidence, that several illustrations of these switches are to be found in the Bauhaus book No. 3 - 'An experiment house of the Bauhaus Weimar' compiled by Adolf Meyer, edited by Albert Langen Verlag, Munich 1924.
The simple form and the transparency of the glass makes the switch suitable for any wall surface. Wall paper, painted surfaces, and other materials are fully visible under the glass cover. The use of different cover plates, makes it possible to combine switches, dimmers and sockets, or to mount them as single switches or sockets.
The glass plates are made of hardened glass, and correspond to security regulations. The switches are ideal to use when redecorating older buildings or mounting into walls, covered with expensive materials and wall papers, whose motives are not to be damaged. |
