STAATLICHES BAUHAUS - A Design School That Changed How We See Design
There is nothing random in a piece of art. Every dot, every line, every shape has a meaning, contextual as it may be. I put together different shapes, colors, and textures to create a minimal-abstract poster to showcase the revolution Bauhaus bought about during the 1900s in the world of art, design, architecture, and craft.
Design plays an important role in our day-to-day lives. Everything around us is a result of a meticulous design process, from laptops to spoons. But have we ever wondered where did this journey of design started?
Before the word “design” came into existence, the world only knew of arts and crafts. What’s the difference you may ask, isn’t it all interdisciplinary anyways? Sure it is, but back in the days arts and crafts had a different place in the society. The art and design of everyday things for the common folks were not really considered any particular form of design at all. Art, craft, and design were a luxury, affordable only by the noble and the wealthy.
As the world progressed, the society that was largely divided into three sects - kings, farmers, and the service class, started dispersing into businessmen, landowners, artists, scientists, industrial workers, and farmers. As the society slowly stepped from an agrarian to an industrial age, the concept of “for the masses” began to take shape. During the same time, the art and crafts movement took birth and stressed on the importance of making by hand and discarding the soulless things made by machines. Both industrialization and the arts and crafts movement had opposing views and limitations of their own. The real need of the hour was to find a balance between the two. Banking on the principles of both industrialization and the arts and craft movement, a revolutionary art school came into existence in Germany in the 1920s. Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly called as Bauhaus Art and Crafts School was started in Germany on the principles that “Art and Design is for all and not for one”
FINAL POSTER.
The poster shows how Bauhaus pierced through the rigid ways of the society and revolutionized the way we see and use design by combining art, crafts, and architecture with industrial design.
Poster mock up from dribblegraphics.com
