Chapter 1
A radical school is born in Germany
Chapter 2
The secrets of the Bauhaus style
Chapter 3
The brilliant minds of the workshops
Chapter 4
The global diaspora of Bauhaus
Ch 2 · The secrets of the Bauhaus style
Quiz
What type of steel did Marcel Breuer use to make lightweight, mass-producible furniture?
Quiz
Which Bauhaus designer created the geometric, all-lowercase 'Universal' typeface in 1925?
gertrude Marcel Breuer invented the iconic Wassily Chair by bending lightweight steel tubes used for bicycles.
Quiz
Why did Herbert Bayer eliminate capital letters from his Bauhaus typography designs?
gertrude The school limited its color palette to primary colors, believing they held deep psychological power.
Fun Fact
The Wassily Chair: Marcel Breuer's famous tubular steel chair was named after painter Wassily Kandinsky, who loved the prototype so much Breuer made him one.
Quiz
What famous design principle states that an object's shape should match its purpose?
Glossary
functionalism (noun)
The theory or practice that the form of an object or building should be determined by its practical use. Architect Walter Gropius championed this utility-first approach when founding his influential German school in 1919.
The theory or practice that the form of an object or building should be determined by its practical use. Architect Walter Gropius championed this utility-first approach when founding his influential German school in 1919.