1051

Design

Johannes Potente

Lever handle model FSB 1051 has come to epitomise FSB. It was dubbed the “Schneider Handle” (the “S” in FSB) virtually from the moment it came into being in the mid-1950s. We can only surmise as to why this model became Johannes Potente’s supreme creation and a market leader in the 1960s. Maybe it’s all down to the harmony it exudes and its moulded-to-the-hand credentials.

FSB 1051 is one of four models designed by Johannes Potente that, in the summer of 1998, were added to the permanent collection at the MoMA in New York.