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Good article, but a weird choice to focus so much on Bauhaus architecture and so little on Bauhaus and its influence especially on industrial design (IMO a much
by rickdeckard 3y ago
Good article, but a weird choice to focus so much on Bauhaus architecture and so little on Bauhaus and its influence especially on industrial design (IMO a much more significant impact of Bauhaus in the modern world).
- xnx 3y agoIndeed. To my untrained eye there seems a clear line from Bauhaus to Dieter Rams to Apple (https://www.cultofmac.com/188753/the-braun-products-that-inspired-apples-iconic-designs-gallery/ https://www.cultofmac.com/188753/the-braun-products-that-ins...)
- JusticeJuice 3y agoThey had a teaching ethos that architecture was the center of design education, and that all skills, such as material practice, aesthetic graphic skills, color theory, etc., all lead towards building design. I suspect this attitude spills over into what people view as their 'best' work. https://smarthistory.org/the-bauhaus-and-bau/ https://smarthistory.org/the-bauhaus-and-bau/
- rickdeckard 3y agoAgree, but I'm not sure that explicitly Bauhaus building design actually "shapes the modern world" as stated in the title. I'd argue that only a fraction of well-designed buildings in your surrounding actually embody the Bauhaus ethos and its derived aesthetics, but possibly a majority of well-designed products around you do.
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