BAUHAUS

Created in Germany by Architect Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus school searches for solutions to contemporary problems by developing high quality utilitarian mass produced products as a way to cover vital needs for an impoverished, post World War I Germany. In the area of design the study of handicraft was considered the natural way for artists to master the qualities of materials and form so that they could design well for mass production. In these respects and in the minimizing of philosophy and other verbal disciplines the Bauhaus movement was the earliest working example of much contemporary design education becoming a consulting center for industries and the trades. Lack of ornament, pure function adapting design to the world of machines, are some of the most evident characteristics of the Bauhaus school of art and design.