Unit 2 2/24/10

Key Points:

Elementarism

Mondrain

ABCs of the Bauhaus Red, Blue, Yellow, Circle, Square, Triangle

Bauhaus was to form a new unity

Walter Gropius

Moholy Nagy "Bauhaus Master"

Typophoto

14 books of Bauhaus

Furniture iconic 20th century

Herbert Bayer

Architectonic forms

Exterior Signage

Ultimate universal alphabet

New Typography

Kinetic Asymmetry

Tschichold


After seeing the short video about the Bauhaus it is clear that they were and still have a high reputation in the design field. So many new innovation came from the school that put them way ahead in times then the common public. A great example of this is when the redesigned a house and a critic basically said that it was based off of hospital and they could never look at squares again. I can see his point about the squares, I personally do not thing I could live in a house that had nothing but squares though their reason and belief behind it is so fundamental it cant always clearly be understood.

The universal alphabet designed in 1925 is clear, simple, and has round letter forms which set it out. Bayer also argued that we "print and write with two alphabets that are incompatible in design but U&L stand for the same sound." This makes a lot of sense. Another thing that can easily be overlooked yet has a powerful impact on way things are designed today.