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The first (interior) color coding of the world | Das Gelsenkirchener Farbleitsystem.

Alfred Fischer, architect & Max Burchartz, interior design, 1927.  Treppenhaus Hans-Sachs-Haus, Gelsenkirchen – Ruhr Region, Germany,  Anton Stankowski did support the works, being a student at the HSH School. Last photo on the right shows the reconstruction of the color coding system nowadays. Contemporary photo stairways © Deimel + Wittmar