this lamp has even made it into new york city's museum of modern art pundits say what's special about it is that nothing special about it the second spot on our list of design classics from germany is by german silversmith vilhelm valid infeld the w t twenty four table lamp but first he only made fifty of them and sales were sluggish in one nine hundred eighty they were revived according to vilhelm falcon felts original plans and this time they took off becoming a worldwide best seller. this classic vienna coffee house chair has been turned out more often than any other model it's been pretty used for a century and a half in front and back. in the top spot of design classic see might not have expected to come from germany is the tone at share number fourteen in eight hundred fifty nine it was a design revolution the beechwood is heated in steam for five hours to make it