Wednesday, February 24, 2010

curves eliminated, sans serif type was favored
squares were used for a module for type design, color when to more primary favoring red
Architectural and graphic forms in
asymmetrical equilibrium
Cubisim makes a huge push into design
Movie
Design is in everything
moris linked art and trade to form the bauhaus movement
trade and craft schools went up in germany
functional house hold objects using traditional ways to make them
when the first world war ended the bauhaus created the most advanced school of the time with design. this was a huge revolutionary for architecture
The belief that art could be used to change society
the school was laid-out like an architecture firm
The students had radical parties
should search for inspiration within yourself
eden's classes began with relaxation and breathing exercise, but he took it further for himself by fasting
square, triangle, and circle, had been given further meanings.
kandinskey went as far as adding sound to color chicken yellow cow red
red blue yellow, bauhaus style of design
practical work was introduced into education
dutch painter dusberg de still movement- the first to focus on design. concentrated on right angle lines
a dispute broke out about diagonal lines
art and technology was formed during post war and the desired to industrialize, the be more functional.
maholly introduce machines into the workshop
it wasn't about unique anymore it was about production
less is more
function rules supreme
herbert head of type he decided one typeface that was more understandable
suported a flat roof cubic design
the community hated the new modern design with clean lines that are still functional
1945 failed in all attempts to support itself and the state stopped helping them
with the rise of hitler the school moved to desso who where open to their new ideas
the ultimate aim in every design is expression
their quest was to created the home of the future, they where functional and cheap. even the workers that build them could buy them
in 1947 the school revolved around architecture
in 1932 they moved to berlin and there whole way of teaching was changed
the nazi's out lawed the bauhaus, the faculty was dispersed throughout the US
seagream building built in new york a triumph of form and function
a new visual literature
type and photo in combination and the force that connects them
use film strips to re-photograph type
Most of there work shows up in the 21st centery
rotation of type-kandinssky
red and black are primary
exterior signage, sans serif, wayfinding,
wanted to make it easy for the user to follow
GI bill helped lots of soilders go to school
people in the us would see the 25page add
used asymmetry to show info the best way
Diagonals become prominent
brought in more space, with perfect balance
sebon remake of garmond
I think it's crazy that the bauhaus was so influential to us still even today. Its great to see that the past still does influence us today, I guess that's how we learn and that's why we are here. The question really being are we going to influence people?

1 comment:

  1. No discourse-
    that really pulls your grade down- your first test score was not good...

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