Bauhaus 1919–2019, 100 years on

The Bauhaus did not focus on producing designs for ephemeral commercial objects. It was a fundamental research laboratory for design problems of all kinds. Professors and students achieved a homogeneity in their work based not on external stylistic details, but on a fundamental approach to design, resulting in standard products rather than novelties.

The purpose of the Bauhaus was to exert a life-giving influence on design, not to propagate any particular style, system, or dogma. We sought an approach to education that would foster a certain mindset and thus help re-establish contemporary architecture and design as a social art.

“Together with their teachers, chosen from the ranks of the most advanced painters, sculptors, and architects of the time, we believed it was essential to select talented young people before they had succumbed to the conformity of the industrial community or isolated themselves in ivory towers. We aimed to train them to bridge the gap between the rigid mindset of the businessman and the technician, and the imagination of the creative artist. We wanted our students to reconcile themselves with the machine without sacrificing their initiative so that they could bring a sense of order and beauty to mass production, architecture, and community planning.” —Walter Gropius , The Curse of Conformity, 1958

Author
Walter Gropius

Technical specifications
Edited by: Infinity
Year: 2019
Type: Book
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: 23 x 14 cm
Weight: 260 gr
Spanish
Pages: 174
ISBN: 978-987-3970-13-9