original bauhaus

The Bauhaus existed for only 14 years in Germany, but for the past 100 years, its ideas have been passed on and its products relaunched, imitated and further developed.

Using 14 famous, familiar or forgotten objects, this book offers 14 case studies, examining questions such as how the woman sitting on the tubular-steel chair became the most famous anonymous figure from the Bauhaus; whether the Haus am Horn in Weimar has a secret twin; and why the tea infusers by Marianne Brandt, which were created as prototypes for industrial production, always remained one-of-a-kind pieces. It sheds light on how unique work and series, remake and original are inseparably linked in the history of the Bauhaus.

Reproductions, re-editions and remakes have made the Bauhaus the twentieth century's most influential school of architecture, design and art, and this book offers a new take on the Bauhaus legacy.

155 colour and 76 black and white illustrations

Hardcover

224 pages

Dimensions: height 30 x width 24 cm

ISBN: 9783791359045

Publisher: Prestel

Published in 2019