In 1889, a small group of painters settled in the small village of worpswede near bremen. they founded the artistic community worpswede. over the course of the next four decades, an increasing number of artists joined the community, in effect forming a second generation. between 1890 and 1925, worpswede bridged the gap between expressionism and the early bauhaus period. this is the reason why carl mertens named the flatware model 1071, which they designed in 1932, worpswede, as it merges traditional shapes at the onset of the "modern age" without adding any ornamentation. produced since 1932.