Jay Rutherford Back scan: 20th Century: type stories
The image most of us have of “The Bauhaus” is mainly a result of a very successful ‘branding’ campaign. Walter Gropius, official founder of the school in Weimar, skillfully manipulated the media of the time, only allowing his desired picture to emerge. The realities were not always in tune with this image. Johannes Itten’s ‘Grundstudium’ (foundation course) is still used today at many, if not most, art and design schools around the world. What were the other ideas and what can we learn from them for teaching design today?