- Bulthaup
bulthaup (legally: "Bulthaup
GmbH & Co. KG ") is a Germankitchen manufacturer, founded in 1949 by Martin Bulthaup. The company is located in Aich nearBodenkirchen inLower Bavaria .Following Martin Bulthaup's death, his son Gerd Bulthaup became the head of the company in 1978. Gerd, in seeking to expand the business, came into contact with designer
Otl Aicher , whose design ideas where largely based on the principles of theBauhaus school which favours simplified forms and functionality. [ [http://www.bulthaup.com/bulthaup/internet/en/home.nsf/contentview/$first company website (English)] ]The company's designs have earned numerous awards, among those in 1997 the European Design Prize and a "lifetime achievement award" from the
European Commission and in 2004 the 's Good Design Award for the design concept "b3". [ [http://www.bulthaup.com/bulthaup/internet/en/home.nsf/contentview/034BBF4E72A35AA6C1257291005259F8 Prizes and awards for bulthaup (company website)] ]References
External links
*Ward, Timothy Jack: " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E0D6103AF932A25752C1A96F958260 CURRENTS: SHOWROOM; Kitchen Designs Where Nothing Is Wasted] ".
New York Times , November 11, 1999.
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