04/28/2025
Lets talk about the The Bauhaus - Unifying Arts and Crafts into a single creative expression.
The Bauhaus was a revolutionary design school founded in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany. Its aim was to bridge the gap between art, craft, and technology, and it quickly became one of the most influential movements in modern design.
The Bauhaus emphasized functionality, simplicity, and the use of geometric shapes and bold colors. It promoted the idea that "form follows function," meaning that the purpose of an object should take precedence over its aesthetics.
Early faculty members included key figures like architect and designer Paul Klee, painter Wassily Kandinsky, and architect Ludwig Mees Van De ORR who was the OG of the Less is More design philosophy….among others.
The school moved to Dessau in 1925 and then to Berlin in 1932, under increasing pressure from the N**i regime, which opposed the Bauhaus' progressive ideas. The school officially closed in 1933, but its ideas continued to shape architecture, graphic design, and industrial design in the future.
Bauhaus sought to create a new aesthetic and a new way of living, where art, design, and technology worked together to create a more functional and beautiful world which produced things like IKEA and a British 80’s goth rock band..Bauhaus.
And that is why The Bauhaus was Unifying Arts and Crafts into a Single Creative Expression
