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http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~entim/Professional/Courses/EN3524/Modernism/Modernist_design.html
The Bauhaus
| Founded in Weimar (Germany) in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus was the most influential design school of the twentieth century. It drew inspiration both from Russian Constructivism (to the East) and De Stijl (to the West). | ||
| The Bauhaus adopted a revolutionary teaching
approach built on practical work, where students and teachers worked
together on studio projects and thus unified practice and theory.
... the Bauhaus seeks - by the means of systematic theoretical and practical research into the formal, technical and economic fields - to derive the form of an object from its natural functions and limitations. (...) Research into the nature of objects leads one to conclude that forms emerge from a resolute consideration of all the modern methods of production and construction and of modern materials. (Walter Gropius, 1926, quoted in Michl 1995). The courses comprised a search for "fundamental truths operating in the visual world" (Matlow 1997). |
 Otto Lindig, pot, 1922. |
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"Form follows function": the aesthetic of the Modern Era |
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The Bauhaus artists and designers followed a
search for purity similar to De Stijl. The three principles of Bauhaus
design were:
Form follows function became one of the fundamental beliefs of modernism. "The dictum form follows function was coined by the American architect Louis Sullivan in an article published in 1896 .... It became a catchword in the United States by the mid-1930s, and by the late 1940s in Europe as well." (Michl 1995). The complementary maxim "Truth to (or integrity of) materials" called for the material of the product to speak for itself, to be itself, and not to pretend to be some other thing (no plastic veneers imitating wood!) These ideas fuelled a desire to create new forms suitable for a new era, the Modern Era, the Machine Age, where design would be liberated from the conventions of taste, fashion and style and follow an objective clarity led by science and technology but looking to nature for guidance. "the movement was infused with moral values and social purpose, promoting its approach to design as a means of improving the quality of life for all through the availability of products that were beautiful, well-made, economical and functionally efficient." (Design: Europe's baby) |
Reminiscent of IKEA? |
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