The Bauhaus was one of the 20th century’s
most influential cultural movements, yet at the same time it is
regarded as the epitome of the Modernist design cliché:
geometric, industrial, minimalistic. The exhibition
The Bauhaus #itsalldesign disproves this cliché and
takes a new, up-to-date look at the design of the Bauhaus. Unfold
was invited to contribute an essay to the exhibition's catalog
discussing the relevance of the Bauhaus today. In
Back to the
Future, How tradition inspires contemporary making Unfold draws
parallels between how the Bauhaus was born in an era of dramatic
changes caused by industrialization and how today's designers craft
new roles for themselves in response to the shifts and cracks
induced by the digital era.
Download the pdf here:
Back to the Future, How tradition inspires contemporary
making.The Bauhaus was one of
the 20th century’s most influential cultural movements, yet
at the same time it is regarded as the epitome of the Modernist
design cliché: geometric, industrial, minimalistic. The
exhibition
The Bauhaus #itsalldesign disproves this cliché and
takes a new, up-to-date look at the design of the Bauhaus. Unfold
was invited to contribute an essay to the exhibition's catalog
discussing the relevance of the Bauhaus today. In
Back to the
Future, How tradition inspires contemporary making Unfold draws
parallels between how the Bauhaus was born in an era of dramatic
changes caused by industrialization and how today's designers craft
new roles for themselves in response to the shifts and cracks
induced by the digital era.
Download the pdf here:
Back to the Future, How tradition inspires contemporary
making.
"The book offers the very first comprehensive overview of the
extended concept of design which was initiated at the Bauhaus
showing the great interest of Bauhaus designers in social
interconnections, experiments and processes. Alongside rare
exhibits from design, architecture, art, film, and photography, the
book documents the development processes as well as the
socio-political concepts behind the Bauhaus. To underline their
relevance for today’s creative practise, these ideas are
contrasted to current themes in design such as the digital
revolution, and the works of numerous present-day artists and
designers. Among others, Olaf Nicolai, Adrian Sauer, Wilfried
Kühn and Joseph Grima created artistic works on the topic
especially for the exhibition and the publication. The lavishly
illustrated publication features essays by renowned authors such as
Arthur Rüegg and Jan Boelen, a glossary of key terms related
to all aspects of the Bauhaus, as well as a detailed catalogue
section. Numerous short articles by distinguished designers,
artists, and architects from all over the world, who with their
ideas, projects, and theories reflect on the topicality of the
Bauhaus and its influence on 21 st century design, form part of
this new and contemporary look at the Bauhaus."
Editors: Mateo Kries, Jolanthe Kugler
buy
The Bauhaus #itsalldesign online at the
Vitra Design Museum or on Amazon (
English /
German)
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