Staatliches Bauhaus, more commonly known simply as the Bauhaus, was a German art school in operation from 1919 to 1933. The school combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the 'form and function' approach to design that it publicised and taught - encouraging a community of artists working together to create design for everyday life.
The Bauhaus was home to creatives in many different fields, including fine art, industrial design, graphic design, typography, interior design, and architecture. Students were able to practice weaving, pottery, typography design, metalworking, wall painting.
The school existed in three German cities: Weimar from 1919 to 1925, Dessau from 1925 to 1932 and Berlin from 1932 to 1933. It was in Berlin that the school was forced to close under pressure and repression from the Nazi regime who deemed the art school as 'the centre of communist intellectualism.'
Teachers at the Bauhaus included Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Josef Albers.
The Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design in Berlin collects art pieces, documents and literature which relate to the Bauhaus School and puts them on public display.
Having been to the archiv before on my last trip to Berlin on my art and design foundation course, I already knew what to expect from the visit. Having said that, I am very fond of the Bauhaus as a result of my a-level graphic design first year programme being based on Johannes Itten's preliminary course, as taught at the Bauhaus.
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