- ‘De Stijl’ means ‘The Style’ in Dutch.
- Dutch Stijl and Russian Supremist deisgn pushed cubism to pure geometric forms, by isolating natural design.
- Mondrian based his designs on purely vertical and horizontal lines...also geometric forms.
- Bauhaus: Less is more
- Bauhaus school had 50% men and 50% women, even though women were mostly concentrated on weaving and caramics.
- Bauhaus moved around Germany, from Weimar to Dassau to Berlin, finances were always an issue.
- Bauhaus was focused on modern design, which was based on intuition, rather than technical finesse. The designs were too modern for people of the age.
- Bauhaus started having issues with Nazi Germany.
- Nazis had effect on art in that many people started evacuating Germany to find art jobs and similar in other countries, many which were in the US.
- The Bauhaus style focused on clean, flowy, lines.
- Mahaly Nagy: Single-handedly itemizes then applies the components of the Bauhaus graphic design legacy.
- Tschichold wrote a book called “Graphische Werbekunst” a.k.a “New Typography”. It proposed systems of typographic design with symmetrical organization and artificial-kinetic organization and artificial-kinetic asymmetrical design of contrasting elements.
- ‘Dynamic forces should be present in every design. Type should be in motion.’
The Bauhaus was certainly an important event in design history, their non-conventional design is what determined the ‘modern’ design style, and brought about international style. Many teachings were based off the Bauhaus that still influence art and design today. The teachings were a breakthrough in design and were therefore important.
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