This is part of a series of posts summarising key points of different design movements, see A Very Brief Guide To Design Movements – Introduction for more information.
Bauhaus
School of art and architecture in Germany
[Weimar(1919-1925), Dessau(1925-1932), Berlin(1932-1933)]
1919-1933
Pioneer of combining studies of pure arts with pure crafts
Aimed to unite art and technology
Workshops produced prototypes intended for mass production
Radically simplified forms to achieve function but still be aesthetic
Founded by Walter Gropius, who previously worked for DWB
Faculty and students including Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Wassiliy Kandinsky, Paul Klee
Coped with the limited resources and troubled politics of post-war Germany
CASE STUDY – Marcel Breuer
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