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Design Movement: Bauhaus 1919 - 1933
Design Movement: Bauhaus 1919 - 1933
A very influential German school of art and design.
The Bauhaus aesthetic was based upon ideals of simplified forms and unadorned functionalism, and a belief that the machine economy could deliver elegantly designed items for the masses.
Steel, concrete, chrome, glass were some of the materials used. It was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and was closed in 1933 by the Nazis.
The Bauhaus masters on the roof of the Bauhaus building in Dessau
The Bauhaus masters on the roof of the Bauhaus building in Dessau
From the left: Josef Albers, Hinnerk Scheper, Georg Muche, László Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Joost Schmidt, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Vassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Gunta Stölzl and Oskar Schlemmer.
www.dw.com/en/artists-or-rebels-whats-left-of-bauhaus/av-48346717
Walter Gropius 1883 – 1969
Walter Gropius 1883 – 1969
German architect, industrial designer and founder of the Bauhaus School
Image 1: Tac Tea Pot Image 2: F51 Armchair Image 3: Fagus Factory, 1911
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Walter_Gropius
theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/five-things-you-should-know-about-walter-gropius/
www.german-way.com/notable-people/featured-bios/walter-gropius/
Herbert Bayer 1900 – 1985
Herbert Bayer 1900 – 1985
Austrian American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, interior designer, and architect
Image 1: 1925 experimental ‘universal typeface’ combined upper and lowercase characters into a single character set.
Image 2: Bauhaus-inspired architecture for the Health Center and Gym at the Aspen Institute
Marianne Brandt 1893 –1983
Marianne Brandt 1893 –1983
German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer
Image 1: Tea infuser and strainer, ca. 1924 Silver and ebony; H. 7.3 cm
Image 2: Tempo-Tempo, Progress, Culture 1927 Photomontage
www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/marianne-brandt-life-in-design
Le Corbusier 1887 - 1965
Le Corbusier 1887 - 1965
Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.
Image 1: The LC4 Chaise Longue by Le Corbusier, 1928
Image 2: The Villa Savoye in Poissy, France (1928–1931)
Marcel Breuer 1902 - 1981
Marcel Breuer 1902 - 1981
German Architect and Furniture Designer
Image 1: The Wassily Chair, 1925
Image 2: Armstrong Rubber Company Headquarters
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1886 – 1969
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1886 – 1969
German- American Architect and Furniture Designer
Image 1: Barcelona Pavilion, 1929
Image 2: Mr Chair, 1927
Image 3: Barcelona chair, 1926
Later Applications:
Later Applications:
See how the Bauhaus movement inspired current design trends below
See how the Bauhaus movement inspired current design trends below
“Bauhaus is one of the most influential stylistic movements and has been considered a revolutionary trailblazer in the fields of art, architecture and design. Its simplicity of form and reduction to the essential is also reflected in Mercedes-Benz Design,” says Gorden Wagener specifying the links to Bauhaus design.
Contemporary Bauhaus Architecture
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