 In 1926, in her first year as a student at the famous Bauhaus design school in Dessau, Germany, the textile designer Margaretha Reichardt undertook a preliminary course run by Josef Albers and László Moholy-Nagy.As part of the course she designed a modern version of the "Hampelmann", which was later produced commercially by Naef, a Swiss toy company.Her version is set in a wooden frame, but like traditional "Hampelmänner" he has articulated limbs that move when a string is pulled.