Bauhaus

Bauhaus

The Bauhaus era was one of the most important movements of all time it emerged between the two world wars and it created a change in design and great inspirational ideas for the modern designer of today. The word Bauhaus which is a German word means the school of building or house of construction. At the time Bauhaus emerged in the design world it was something new it was a school that created a new way of approach through design. The difference between other art schools at that time was ,that other schools thought subjects separately. Art and design was thought separately so students couldn’t experiment and learn new techniques and to learn new techniques you have to too experiment with different materials .A good example is our own college of art and design Mcast . I’m not trying to make a review but in this college we have the opportunity to experiment with different materials and using that idea it will boost the level of knowledge. The Bauhaus school offered foundation lessons and training in many areas of art and design and that is what changed the way of design The school also focused on mass production so basically the student was thought to create a product which was well made and can be mass produced for the community.

Bauhaus School

The Bauhaus school was mostly the most celebrated school in the world but what happened is the Nazi where rising in power and they tried everything to close the school down, The Nazi didn’t want original ideas and were afraid of the influence and inspirational ideas of the school..

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Mies van der Rohe B42 Chair

Bauhaus thinkers had in mind to reshape the world to create design with less ornaments and less useless things in the design. They wanted to create products with good function and simple form. Which basically can be described as minimalist design. In minimalism design focused on geometrical shapes, and simplicity.

One of the best iconic designs of Bauhaus was the cantilever chair it was designed by Marcel Breuer .He was inspired from his own bicycle and the way the bike was constructed. The cantilever chair was the first light weight chair that was designed. Bauhaus designers designed a lot of inspirational ideas that eventually changed the way of design and way in how we approach design today.

A good example of architecture that was designed in the Bauhaus design was the school and the architecture of the building. The building was designed by Walter Gropius it had a mechanical system in the window shades and most f the interior was also build by the students, Walter changed the way of architecture and most of his work was put into practice before WW I. Most of the paint job of the school is light tones of grey creating a nice contrast to the window shades, which are of dark colours. The architecture of Bauhaus explained how building can be simple yet interesting in form and construction.

Wassily Chair 

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The Bauhaus movement continues to inspire the design of today in architecture, Graphic Design and product design large architecture .Bauhaus was about ideas and reform and how to make a tidy sense in the world around us.


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The Bauhaus Movement. 2015. The Bauhaus Movement. [ONLINE] Available at: http://bauhausinteriors.com/blog/the-bauhaus-movement/. [Accessed 27 January 2015].