Ecke 's taste had been shaped by the Bauhaus movement in the Germany of his youth and its call for utilitarian beauty .
Ecke and Sickman walked or rode by donkey through many parts of China in search of architecture and furniture .
Ecke 's taste had been shaped by the Bauhaus movement in the Germany of Ecke 's youth and its call for utilitarian beauty .
Ecke and Sickman walked or rode by donkey through many parts of China in search of architecture and furniture .