Fritz Haller against Egon Eiermann.
While ahead of the 2010 (smow) designer furniture world cup final many bemoaned the decision of both Switzerland and Germany to play safe with their more technical formations; the match itself was one for connoisseurs.
Certainly a Nils Holger Moormann for Germany or a Susi and Ueli Berger for Switzerland could have brought a little more imagination and colour to the match. But what the two old masters lacked in flamboyancy they more than compensated for with technical brilliance and confident construction.
Egon Eiermann opened gently with his classic deskframe before quickly doubling up with his deceptively subtle shelving unit. Sensing the "office furniture" direction the match was taking Fritz Haller reached deep and produced a "Komplex integriertes Tisch-Organisations-System". His KITOS Table being such a departure from his normal USM Haller system that it caused Eiermann to briefly stumble, the Brandenburger regaining his composition in time however to take a 1-0 lead with a beautifully worked SE 18 für Wilde + Spieth.
Spurned on by Eiermann's SE 18 Fritz Haller responded with a quickfire roll container / Haller table combination before drawing level with a well placed Haller table flat screen swing arm.
The longer the match went on the more Fritz Haller's stable USM Haller system seemed to control the match; however Egon Eiermann refused to give in and late in the second half attempted a delightful SE 68 /E 14 Rattan stool double. Neither of which could quite match the versatility of Haller's USM system and with match heading for extra time Fritz Haller slide in a perfectly executed metal extension shelf for the victory.
And to take the (smow) designer furniture world cup back to Switzerland for the first time.
