September 17, 2009 | Broadcast Events
Paying tribute on the 90th anniversary of the Bauhaus movement.
This year marks the 90th anni-versary of the Bauhaus’ founding in 1919. The occasion is being celebrated worldwide, with major exhibitions in Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, and New York City. Even UNESCO has gotten in on the act, declaring the Bauhaus buildings of Dessau and Weimar World Heritage sites.
Ninetieth anniversary? It’s hardly the sort of number to inspire such pomp, especially for an institution officially shut down in 1933. But that’s just the point: In spite of all the death blows–indeed partly because of them–the Bauhaus legacy has never been more vibrant. Architects from Toyo Ito to Zaha Hadid reference the style. Merchandisers from Martha Stewart to Ikea employ it. Fashion houses from Lagerfeld to Joop evoke it. And corporate logos from iPod to the New York Philharmonic echo it. But exactly what is it? Clearly the Nazis, Communists, and postmodernists could not agree, and there is still not an inkling of consensus about the movement that even the most casual student of architecture associates with the phrase “form follows function….”
via Forbes
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JJ is the co-founder of 5ft Creatives and is presently enrolled as a graduate student at the Yale School of Architecture.
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