Bauhaus
The subject I have chosen for my essay is the Bauhaus school
of design that operated in Germany between 1919 and 1933 when it closed due to
pressure from the Nazi regime. Students
of the Bauhaus worked under the rule of form follows function i.e. the
aesthetics and looks of a product are not as important as making it practical, this resulted in very minimalist
looking designs. One of the main aims of the Bauhaus was to mix art and
technology, this meant that a lot of their work incorporated new technology
such as steam-bending woods. The Bauhaus's students influenced design for
decades after its closer in 1933, many of the students had fled or been exiled from
Nazi Germany ending up scattered all over western Europe. In 2004 Tel Aviv was
given world heritage status by the UN due to the large amount of Bauhaus styled
buildings in the area.
Areas I will be focusing will be split down
into 3 time frames:
1919 until Walter Gropius resigned in 1928
1928 until the closure of the Bauhaus school
in 1933
The effects the Bauhaus has had on
design and the legacy it has left.
Book references:
The ABCs of the Bauhaus: The Bauhaus and Design Theory
By Ellen Lupton and J.Abbot Miller
Publisher: Thames and Hudson (14th June 1993)
Bauhaus 1919-1933
By Magdalena Droste with collaboration from the Bauhaus Archive
Publisher: Benedikt Taschen; 1st edition (1990)
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