The Bauhaus Ideal Then and Now
An Illustrated Guide to Modern Design
Chicago Review Press · Print & ebook · June 1, 2009
The Bauhaus Ideal is both a picture book and a guidebook to the fascinating and enduring legacy of modernist design, and to the continuing influence of Bauhaus on interior design—not just on architecture, but also on furniture, glassware, tableware, and kitchen utensils: the whole range of domestic arts.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in Bauhaus and modernist design
- Themes
- Bauhaus influence, Modernist design, Domestic arts
- Genres
- Design History, Modern Art History (to 1945), Furniture Design
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The Bauhaus Ideal is both a picture book and a guidebook to the fascinating and enduring legacy of modernist design, and to the continuing influence of Bauhaus on interior design—not just on architecture, but also on furniture, glassware, tableware, and kitchen utensils: the whole range of domestic arts. This unique volume introduces modern design principles and examines them from an historically critical perspective.
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It concludes with some ideas for melding modern solemnity with postmodern irony. And in each phase the illustrations speak as eloquently as the text—the whole serves as a beautifully illustrated design memo.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in Bauhaus and modernist design
- Readers exploring modern design in domestic arts
Where it sits
| Design History | 72% |
|---|---|
| Modern Art History (to 1945) | 40% |
| Furniture Design | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Architecture
- Modern Architecture (to 1945)
- Interior Design
- Modern Art History (to 1945)
- Authors
- William Smock
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Published
- June 1, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Bauhaus influence · Modernist design · Domestic arts
- Reading lane
- Architecture