Hungarian designer and businessman who became involved with Standard-Möbel (the firm begun by Breuer and Kalman Lengyel ca. 1926 to produce Breuer’s furniture). In 1928, he reached an agreement with Standard-Möbel to manufacture chairs in his workshop. That same year, Lorenz persuaded Breuer to sign over to Standard-Möbel the rights to his designs already in production. In 1929, Lorenz sold Standard-Möbel to Thonet and founded his own furniture company, Deutsche Stahlmöbel (DESTA). Lorenz sued most of the large manufacturers of tubular steel furniture and was involved in legal disputes with Breuer as well.