"Kubus" Stacking Containers
Date: ca. 1938 Designer: Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Sassily Armchair
Marcel Breuer
1925
Fotogramm
László Moholy-Nagy
1926
QUESTIONS
1. Where was the Bauhaus School located?
The Bauhaus was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany in 1919, then the school moved to Dessau in 1924.
2. When was it in existence?
The school existed in three German cities: Weimar from 1919 to 1925, Dessau from 1925 to 1932 and Berlin from 1932 to 1933, the school was closed by its own leadership under pressure from the Nazi regime, having been painted as a centre of communist intellectualism.
3. What is different about the Bauhaus' design work from the designs that came before it?
The school favored simplified forms, rationality and the idea that mass production could in harmony with the artistic spirit of individuality. The most difference about Bauhau's design work is that it conclude different terms of art in their design, the bauhaus combined elements of both arts and design education. The curriculum commenced with a preliminary course that immersed the students, who came from a diverse range of social and educational backgrounds, in the study of materials, color theory, and formal relationships in preparation for more specialized studies.
