bauhaus ideologyand the

future of web design

simon collisonfowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

Walter Gropius

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

Left to right: Josef Albers, Hinnerk Scheper, Georg Muche, László Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Joost Schmidt,Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Gunta Stölzl, Oskar Schlemmer

one of the main objectives of the bauhaus was to unify art, craft, and technology.

the machine was considered a positive element, and therefore industrial and product design were important components.

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

Gropius called for a reform in artistic process, rather than a new style. He said that art cannot really be taught, so he declared that art should be led back to its fundament and prerequisite in handicraft, where it is possible to learn how to handle materials

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

• an environment of experimentation and synthesis

•mass production is reconcilable with individual artistic spirit

• honesty of construction, truth to materials

• form follows function

• simplified forms and clean lines

• qualities of light & airiness

• standardised production

• architecture adapted to our world

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what if web design had existed in the 1920s?

have we learned anything from bauhaus principles?

how might we move forward?

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

a bauhaus view of today’s web

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

1acknowledge the machine

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2standardise production

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

3encourage experimentation

and synthesis

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

4form follows function

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5economy and simplicity

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

a bauhaus view of tomorrow’s web

1honesty of construction

truth to materials

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2develop systems

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3a holistic approach to

web design

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http://jasonsantamaria.com/articles/whats-golden/

4mass production and

individual expression

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5adapt and respond to

our world

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Excerpt from “On Utopianism”, spoken by Walter Gropius.

bauhaus ideology and the future of web design simon collison fowd tour 2009

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