THE BAUHAUS (GERMANY) 1919 - 1930s
In 1919 a new School opened, called the Bauhaus, which was
founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany. In 1924, the school moved to
Dessau, but then in 1933, it was forced to close its doors, under the pressure
of the Nazi. The school was a main influence on the development of graphic
design, in fact Bauhaus taught typography and was instrumental for the
development of sans-serif typography, which was an alternative for the heavily
ornate German standard of black letter typography. The aim of the school was to
encourage designers to develop products which are simple, rational and
functional, that could be manufactured on an industrial scale. Previous
movement Art Nouveau designed high quality products which relied on individual
craftsmen and skilled people, the result was that products were very expensive and
generally were bought only by rich people. On the other hand some other products
were manufactured in a basic functional way, with little though being put into its
design, which in this case general public could afford. Walter Gropius wanted
to unite craftsmanship, architecture and industrial production together. They
reduced the complication of designs to simplicity and functionality but
products were also aesthetically pleasing.
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The Bauhaus : Design Is History. 2013. The Bauhaus : Design Is History. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.designishistory.com/1920/the-bauhaus/. [Accessed 19 May 2013].
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