This exhibit explores the precursors to and influence of the Bauhaus School – specifically through graphic design history – proving how the school’s influence has affected both traditional print work and then-unimagined digital media. Das Staatliche Bauhaus was founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, and influenced by William Morris’ Arts and crafts workshops the school chose to reject strict academia and combine the teaching of the fine and applied arts.

The exhibit will start with examples of Expressionism, Dada, Constructivism and De Stijl which influenced early projects in the Bauhaus School. Next it will explore the development of the Bauhaus’ dominant style and its association with the New Typography, finally tracing that influence through modern day graphic and web design. The identifiers used to qualify works for this exhibit will be the following: Order; asymmetry; rectangular grid structure; heavy rules, circles, and rectangles as decoration; and photography as illustration.

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This exhibit explores the precursors to and influence of the Bauhaus School – specifically through graphic design history – proving how the school’s influence has affected both traditional print work and then-unimagined digital media. Das Staatliche Bauhaus was founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, and influenced by William Morris’ Arts and crafts workshops the school chose to reject strict academia and combine the teaching of the fine and applied arts.

The exhibit will start with examples of Expressionism, Dada, Constructivism and De Stijl which influenced early projects in the Bauhaus School. Next it will explore the development of the Bauhaus’ dominant style and its association with the New Typography, finally tracing that influence through modern day graphic and web design. The identifiers used to qualify works for this exhibit will be the following: Order; asymmetry; rectangular grid structure; heavy rules, circles, and rectangles as decoration; and photography as illustration.