I was very intrigued by how their curriculum was set out
I thought it was great that in the first 1/2 year they studied materials and workshops which gave them time to find out who they are and what they want to do.
This curriculum was great for all different types of roles within the industry, everyone experienced working in various workshops before deciding what materials they prefer.
I was also quite confused how Kandinsky, a typographer at Bauhaus created the colour and shape theory.
"It's unfortunate that most of the color theorists since Chevreul have been abstract painters rather than representational ones. I like to thumb through my Itten, Albers and Kandinsky color books once in a while but I have to admit that they're not very usefull. They are a lot of fun, though. Here just for the heck of it, are a couple of Kandinsky color theories. Maybe they'll spur you on to make theories of your own."
"A hexagon is midway in interest between a square and a triangle so it gets the midway color it deserves, orange. Toilet cover seats get green."
Kandinsky
Composition VIII
1923 (140 Kb); Oil on canvas, 140 x 201 cm (55 1/8 x 79 1/8 in); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/
Through the lecture I was very inspired by the collages by Herbert Bayer, since there wasn't anything such as Photoshop available then, all his work was purely; photography, collaging, drawing and painting.
Under the direction of Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus sought a union of art and technology, with an emphasis on developing prototypes for industrial production. Brandt, the sole woman enrolled in the school's metal workshop, designed this silver teapot while still a student. By interrelating a number of pure geometric forms, including the hemisphere, circle, and cylinder, Brandt's design explores their formal relationship in space. Its very form and materials serve as the teapot's sole decorative elements, reflecting the Bauhaus emphasis on simplicity in design, without applied ornament. Like other functional Bauhaus items, the teapot was designed to work well in addition to looking good—it is well balanced and easy to pour. Like many of the metalwork designs of the Bauhaus, the teapot was conceived as a prototype for mass production, though this example is made of brass, silver, and ebony, expensive materials that would have precluded the broad audience hoped for by Bauhaus leaders."
"Tea infuser and strainer, ca. 1924
Marianne Brandt (German, 1893–1983)
Silver and ebony; H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
The Beatrice G. Warren and Leila W. Redstone Fund, 2000 (2000.63a–c)
Silver and ebony; H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
The Beatrice G. Warren and Leila W. Redstone Fund, 2000 (2000.63a–c)
Under the direction of Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus sought a union of art and technology, with an emphasis on developing prototypes for industrial production. Brandt, the sole woman enrolled in the school's metal workshop, designed this silver teapot while still a student. By interrelating a number of pure geometric forms, including the hemisphere, circle, and cylinder, Brandt's design explores their formal relationship in space. Its very form and materials serve as the teapot's sole decorative elements, reflecting the Bauhaus emphasis on simplicity in design, without applied ornament. Like other functional Bauhaus items, the teapot was designed to work well in addition to looking good—it is well balanced and easy to pour. Like many of the metalwork designs of the Bauhaus, the teapot was conceived as a prototype for mass production, though this example is made of brass, silver, and ebony, expensive materials that would have precluded the broad audience hoped for by Bauhaus leaders."
“When Bauhaus designers adopted Sullivan's "form follows function," what they meant was,
form should follow function. And if function is hard enough, form is forced to follow it,because there is no effort to spare for error.Wild animals are beautiful because they have hard lives.”
I'm very fond of this quote because I do believe form follows function and not just in objects that have an important role in a domestic setting but decoration, such as a painting being a certain size for the expected reaction from it's audience.
I love the simplicity from this movement and how the geometric shapes were a huge part of the Bauhaus work whether it be 3D objects, furniture or graphic work.
I love the simplicity from this movement and how the geometric shapes were a huge part of the Bauhaus work whether it be 3D objects, furniture or graphic work.
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