Bauhaus design is everywhere, but its roots are political
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2019
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The answer is in the story of the Bauhaus. It’s the hundredth anniversary of the Bauhaus design school and it still has more to teach us. The Bauhaus is most often remembered for its namesake “style,” but the school’s most lasting impact is its philosophy: that design should serve people.
Quartz News travels to Germany and New England to explore the famous design school’s legacy.
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Currently studying industrial design at an architectural college and this is exactly what we’re learning. It’s so weird when the internet aligns with your real life
same!! we just studied this in my theatre class about a week ago.
they're w a t c h i n g you
wow that escalated quickly
So true, we've recently studied this last week for theory of architecture!! What a coincidence!!
@Adventure Hey, same here studying ID. _It's Bauhaus one day, every day!_ :)
Bauhaus design gets much more fascinating, when you realize that the German Bauhaus school existed for only 8 years. So you can imagine how revolutional and innovative the original idea was. It didn't needed much professors and graduates, only some people with the urge and will to experiment. They've really started something completely new in this exciting era of disruption.
The school was actually founded in Weimar and moved to Dessau later. It then moved to Berlin before being closed down when the Nazis got into power.
Actually the Nazis didn't close Bauhaus many books say that Hitler closed Bauhaus when he got elected in 1933 but actually he said he would close Bauhaus so they shut down Bauhaus before the Nazis could force them to shut down so they don't get the "title" for shutting down Bauhaus.
Thats true, also ludwig mies and other bauhaus members still worked in germany almost before WWII started, people tend to believe that it was the ideological reason early modernists had to flee but in reality it was more due to econimic crisis and military build up which at that moment helped crumbling germany but at the same time made impossible to create new niches in certain fields. History of architecture tries to whitewash bauhaus and modernists but they indeed were fellow totalitarians but in a certain fetails they had disagreements with other totalitarian movements. I have no particular problem with one or two minimalistic modernist building on the nice street but living in postsoviet georgia showed me the cultural shift modernist have achieved. They achieved total recreation of our envirement by the mean of state. Thats why I call them totalitarians, not because they liked horizontal windows but for courage to force everyone to admire their vision of future.
I have one correction: The destruction of Germany's infrastructure and farmland was minor. I believe the authors' are imagining the widespread destruction of Germany during WWII and conflating it with WWI. WWI's destruction with respect to Germany was economic, social and psychological. Thanks.
3:40 your map of Germany is modern borders, but old borders were different
We were studying about bauhaus last week in our theory of architecture class, then this hapoened!
5:55 The giant protecting ancient bauhaus secrets
I'm going to the Gropius house next week! The Bauhaus comes up so much during my studies.
Just got back! it was really interesting! I really liked how Gropius's daughter was asked what she wanted for the house and she said "a sand floor windowed roof and my own personal entrance" and that's why there's those weird stairs in the front of the house leading to the upstairs balcony.
@@tessgordon6744 how cool. I would like to meet those places too.
Ironically, at 3:26 the books shown are in Hungarian rather than German. "Nymdasz Evkonves" means roughly "Printer's Yearbook', from some printing press company.
That's true. Nyomdász évkönyv és útikalauz, which means printer('s) yearbook and travel guide. The travel guide part must be figurative, I believe.
Thank you for an awesome insight. Knowing our history is key to understanding the present and project into the future.
This video suddenly brought in interest in me for modern art and architecture
There is better architecture than modern architecture. Modern architecture looks boring and non inspirational.
@@javierpacheco8234
cringe boring pointy house beta believer
Vs
Inspirational Chad modern architecture believer
i like the focus on design
the evolution of modern design is pretty interesting to me
even if that means i have to learn about its political value
so thanks for that one o/
@darkblveocean its like a person waving, the ` o ` is the head, the line is the arm
there is others, common ones are like
wave: o/
salute: o7
yay: \o/
the normal face ones like :) seem too sarcastic and fake to me now
some body language feels a lil more genuine
_that or i have weird experiences with smiles_
@@YagamiKou \○/
thank you
This is good video making, thanks.
Me: supposed to be watching this for dt at school
Also me :reading the comments
Couldn't stop thinking about Gerhard Fjuck throughout the video. 😉🤣
Bauhaus is love, Bauhaus is life
thank you all very much
super interesting, thank you
It’s not hope, it’s comfort from a messy world.
A lot of myths and misconceptions here. While Bauhaus and the Nazis were at odds in political terms, their general aesthetic vector was pointed in the same direction. Nazis, though to the lesser degree than Fascists of Italy, adored stripped and monotonous, Futurist designs, and the old traditions (frequently connected to the Church which Nazis hated only slightly less than Hebrew culture) were to be disposed off. Fraktur, mentioned here for instance, was almost instantly banned by the Nazi authority as "regressive" and "jewish". This is just one of many misconceptions, and I couldn't care to properly deconstruct this video. Instead I would urge people to actually read the development story of Bauhaus and Modernism themselves.
I agree. They quickly switched from Fraktur to Futura, that as the name says, is extremely modern and clean. The revivalism was more about ideas useful to the Nazi Party (submissive women, hyper-masculinity, obscurantism, etc) and less about the old aesthetics.
Totally agree. This video does a poor job of hiding it's agenda, which is to show Bauhaus as a kind of art in service of humanity, which is utter nonsense. The forms and houses are completely out of touch with human nature and the needs of humans. It puts function over anything else, robbing people of the experience of beauty and treating them like robots. It promotes a reprehensible view of humanity, history and beauty and the day the last bauhaus building is knocked down is a day to celebrate.
This little conversation here got me good! Any resources or books recommendation that give a deeper analysis of what's being shortly discussed here?
@@AvB2106 Couldn't agree more. The design philosophy is as much anti-human as it is anti-God. The Bauhaus has one perspective, that of humanity, because of this it lacks the transcendent. Their attempt to "serve" humanity, by delimiting design to a merely human focus actually serves to dehumanize. People need the transcendent, which is the source of beauty, goodness, and truth. This is the reason why Bauhaus architecture and the architecture of all her cousins & daughters (international style, brutalism, etc.) is so hideous, unlivable, and unlovable, Good riddance.
Regarding the nationalistic use of typeface mentioned at around 3:20 I'd argue that the Basque typeface is another example of an _ethnic_ typeface, although its use as such feels to me to be less systematic and less politically charged.
so this isn’t about the band
Aesthetics is always political and transform they did.
love this video, but why is the audio so low
I mean, kind of an evolution of art deco imo. Sharper, colder, more chic art deco. It's not creepy at all how it's being co-opted by the European Commission
Walter Gropius looks like Michael Scott in season 1.
Perfect!
I... I just can't!
1:29 WW 1 didn't really Germany "in ruins" as the image suggests. There was no fighting in Germany.
it was left in ruins economically and politically
Bauhaus font is good for advertisment...
Its easy to view from far because have the characterisic like IMPACT font... But its not as stiff as IMPACT...
...Helvetica is pure genius ;)
Am I crazy or is the speaker lisping?
Yep
Yes, no
Incredibly distracting
people with speech impediments making videos? next it'll be people with foreign accents, or even women!!
@@tollutollu How is a speech impediment equivalent to being a woman? One noticeably affects the quality of narration and the other does not.
This...is the honey badger
What’s da font name?
anyone have the name of the critic with the glasses?
Great video but get a different speaker next time
The narration is really unclear at times.
No you’re just dumb
3:18
Get all of these fonts form DA FONT 🤣🎁
3:37 That is not Germany's borders before WW2. It also once owned Silesia, Neumark, Pomerelia and E. Prussia.
How about the Russian school vkhutemas
Bauhaus design to me has always felt starchy
@Alba Celani Are you a Neonazi?!
Stap talking BS.
Oh no, somebody doest like your ugly totalitarian architecture and arts, what a shame lets call them nazis.
RISD is like the American Bauhaus
Bauhaus is of Tel-Aviv.
Watches are cool but sure, we can learn about typography for a day
Wau!
Great Video. But what I found was the most unfortunate and ironic part is that the designers chose the most Orwellian, oppressive, proprietary company in graphic design today to distribute the fonts. Try using them if you dont have CC, you''ll see...
Maybe because Bauhaus is just that - Orwellian.
Tho Thuper!
Bauhaus screams me
The highest the eco goes, the busiest in the human history.
Turkish subtitles please.
Great video. But editorially I would have included the literal meaning of Bauhaus: school building.
This is actually not true, it would be translated into Building house or construction house😊
Bauhaus
Bau = Bauen = building something/ constructing something
Haus = House
The name "Bauhaus" carries a reference to the medieval "Bauhütte", a group of artisans of various expertise working together to create something grand (a cathedral back then).
@@adrianehartmann8711Thanks for that insight
White on white
Translucent black capes
No one can look upon the tower blocks blighting our landscape, or upon such buildings as Birmingham central library, Boston city hall, or any such piece of design, and think that it can possible be good architecture! They are tawdry beyond belief, even more so than C18th architecture, which says much about how dreadful it is.
And o lady thinks you mis interpret the Bauhaus, this brand means comfort. The more busy jobs, the more human brains need to “read” the blocks.
Unfortunately
1:31 "left in ruins" figuratively or literally? Because im pretty sure that most of the fighting did not take place on german land.
I feel you really missed what the movement was about in it's origin.
It was a celebratory exploration of everything right brain. Desing, painting, sculpting, textiles, dance, theater costuming, woodwork, metalsmithing, etc. There was nothing political about it. As in so many other similar situations, political special interest groups, envy and covet what the see being created without them and resort to anger and agression, parasiting, or completely hijacking the movement, and looting the work and concepts for their empty purposes.
BAUHAUS was never political.
It was a move in the completely opposite direction. Away from all of that.
👁️🕊️🎨
Bauhaus was indeed political and leaning to the different types of socialist movements. Gropius and ludwig sympathised towards commies and many bauhaus examples also can be found in USSR. Weimar republic was truly a terrible mix of weak goverment combined with various types of left leaning opposed powers. This enviroment created both bauhaus, nsdp and other sorts of extreme or moderate left. because only thing people were desparate to achive was stability and clear picture of future, and demand was fulfilled in a cultural sense, providing revolutionary and often destructive bauhaus ideas.
always comic sans
eddie huang?
I'm sorry but the narrators lesp is ruining it for me.. 😀
I like permanent marker
I can't listen thith guy.
lithen*
Is people's talking sped up? 😂 Really frustrating trying to take notes, this could be 5 min longer and much better.
Bauhaus is still ugly compared to gothic architecture
someone help me with my project
The bauhaus movement and its influence on architecture is in my opinion one of the greatest mistakes of humanity!
I agree and today architecture is horrible.
I find most traditional architecture styles to be lacking because they tend to rely upon applied facades and motifs that add no function to their host buildings. I find this to be both gaudy and dishonest and thus to be avoided. An example of good traditional architecture, however, would be the Spanish mission style. Simple forms whose accenting is both built directly into the building instead of tacked on and provides clear function.
For me, the appeal of Bauhaus is that its the defining element of Gothic architecture, extracted from its source and distilled. In any such building, you are a small point in a great, geometrically constructed space. Nothing the pure structure of the universe here. This space is absolutely neutral and lifeless, which allows you to make up the life within it without the need for an architectural crutch along the lines of a gaudy McMansion. Finally, these buildings represent our near-total triumph over the natural world as the human race. We have risen above scrambling around in mud huts in the darkness and it is glorious.
@@jakekaywell5972 Hello Jake, I appreciate your perspective that architecture should be "honest." This is in fact one reason why you should hate Bauhaus design. I believe that the Bauhaus does not represent an honest response to the world that is. For instance, by focusing on humanity as the be all and end all of design it fails to recognize a world marked by and shot through with indicators of the transcendent. Bauhaus design does not give value to what most humans have seen as the source of beauty, goodness, and truth from time immemorial. That to me is dishonest. This is true, according to at the very least, the perspective of felt human need and an almost universal understanding regarding the source of goodness (God, the gods, the transcendent etc.)
As to your example of Facades being "gaudy" "tacked on" and "dishonest, may I suggest that facades do indeed serve a function. Let me illustrate. Our local modern art museum is the typical granddaughter of the Bauhaus school, all glass and concrete in horizontal lines. My attempt to enter this building was thwarted by its lack of ornamental facade. I couldn't tell where the door was. I was stuck pushing on one glass panel after another until I finally found the one which was a door (see Tati's Playtime for more of this kind of thing). A facade would have indicated 1) the front of the building, and 2) located the entrance for visitors. There are other reasons for carefully designed facades, but these two reasons are purely functional and that is after all the claim supreme of the Bauhaus.
His diction is like nails on a chalkboard!
Bauhaus means "school building"...
What? In what language
@@Jukau Bauhaus in German literally means "building house" but became know as "school building"
Sorry, but there really are many mistakes in this video. Some lasser/ some major ones, but you really shoulf rework it and than upload again.
Yes, traditional values always lead to chaos.
What? no, Traditional architecture makes architecture beautiful.
@@javierpacheco8234 Heavily disagree. Mostly needless frippery, with only a few genuinely good styles.
Futura. ATOMIC ROCKETS TO THE MOON!
I really wanted to watch this but its the worst voice over I have ever heard. smh
Need a better narrator
“...when the country was in ruins” not a single battle happened on German soil in WW1
Well it was an economic shit show
The country was in bad shape due to the Treaties of Versailles
Thats why i hate the modernist movement, they basically took away the fantasy and the art of a house, building ,or any struture. The things that give life and inspiration to a person are not important according to a modernist . This is when architecture lost identity and why our architecture all over the world is bad. Modern architecture was a solution to rebuilding torn down war cities but now at the present moment we aren't even in a war and life is much better but yet this souless architecture is built in our cities ruinning many cities with its ugly architecture and making a dystopian skyline. Present day Modern architecture is the worst thing that could've happened to architecture. We should bring back gothic, art deco, all those great styles to architecture again becuase today architecture is bad.
I find most traditional architecture styles to be lacking because they tend to rely upon applied facades and motifs that add no function to their host buildings. I find this to be both gaudy and dishonest and thus to be avoided. An example of good traditional architecture, however, would be the Spanish mission style. Simple forms whose accenting is both built directly into the building instead of tacked on and provides clear function.
For me, the appeal of Bauhaus is that its the defining element of Gothic architecture, extracted from its source and distilled. In any such building, you are a small point in a great, geometrically constructed space. Nothing the pure structure of the universe here. This space is absolutely neutral and lifeless, which allows you to make up the life within it without the need for an architectural crutch along the lines of a gaudy McMansion. Finally, these buildings represent our near-total triumph over the natural world as the human race. We have risen above scrambling around in mud huts in the darkness and it is glorious.
Bauhaus design is souless and depressing
Not Gay All this comment does is show your glaring ignorance on the subject of design.
@@On_The_Piss He's right
Jips Nice opinion you got there
I find most traditional architecture styles to be lacking because they tend to rely upon applied facades and motifs that add no function to their host buildings. I find this to be both gaudy and dishonest and thus to be avoided. An example of good traditional architecture, however, would be the Spanish mission style. Simple forms whose accenting is both built directly into the building instead of tacked on and provides clear function.
For me, the appeal of Bauhaus is that its the defining element of Gothic architecture, extracted from its source and distilled. In any such building, you are a small point in a great, geometrically constructed space. Nothing the pure structure of the universe here. This space is absolutely neutral and lifeless, which allows you to make up the life within it without the need for an architectural crutch along the lines of a gaudy McMansion. Finally, these buildings represent our near-total triumph over the natural world as the human race. We have risen above scrambling around in mud huts in the darkness and it is glorious.
get a properly talking person to narrate please
I didn’t enjoy the narration.
Modern design is shit tho. Void of any human essence, which is exactly what they aimed to do, which reflects the soulless ethos of post-industrial society which reflects the socio-political-economic state that its in and aims to go. Global colonization of arts and culture.
First of all, the goal of Bauhaus was not to remove "human essence". It is also very questionable to claim that modern design is void of it. What is human essence? An intricate detailed Renaissance painting? A gothic facade? Don't mistake your personal taste with "human essence".
There is also no connection to a "global colonization of arts and culture" as you call it, which is also a rather bold and unsubstantiated claim.
@@92Frederik The goal of (late) Bauhaus was in fact, dehumanisation (that is, deromanticism) and industrialization of art and identity, one should only read Gropius, Meyer, Le Corbu and their critics of Arts & Crafts. The war on ornament and decor, and supreme radical formalism are *the pillar* of modernist movement, and if you are uneducated to state otherwise, I would suggest you to study Adorno or Lyotard. The absolute globalization and internationalism is the logical conclusion of modernism.
@@vaevictis3612 I find most traditional architecture styles to be lacking because they tend to rely upon applied facades and motifs that add no function to their host buildings. I find this to be both gaudy and dishonest and thus to be avoided. An example of good traditional architecture, however, would be the Spanish mission style. Simple forms whose accenting is both built directly into the building instead of tacked on and provides clear function.
For me, the appeal of Bauhaus is that its the defining element of Gothic architecture, extracted from its source and distilled. In any such building, you are a small point in a great, geometrically constructed space. Nothing the pure structure of the universe here. This space is absolutely neutral and lifeless, which allows you to make up the life within it without the need for an architectural crutch along the lines of a gaudy McMansion. Finally, these buildings represent our near-total triumph over the natural world as the human race. We have risen above scrambling around in mud huts in the darkness and it is glorious.
Ugh... Bauhaus is such rubbish. Not everything is soul sapping, but most of it is.
Agreed. Anyone advocating for Bauhaus design has to reckon with the overwhelmingly negative response normal people have had to it, and especially the response of those who were forced to live in, on, around, or near one of its architectural examples.
in essence: bauhaus is the reason everything looks so uninspired and bleak
guatemalantomcat Because you don’t understand it.
@@On_The_Piss no need to understand...if something looks ugly, looks ugly. Only architects like modern concept
I find most traditional architecture styles to be lacking because they tend to rely upon applied facades and motifs that add no function to their host buildings. I find this to be both gaudy and dishonest and thus to be avoided. An example of good traditional architecture, however, would be the Spanish mission style. Simple forms whose accenting is both built directly into the building instead of tacked on and provides clear function.
For me, the appeal of Bauhaus is that its the defining element of Gothic architecture, extracted from its source and distilled. In any such building, you are a small point in a great, geometrically constructed space. Nothing the pure structure of the universe here. This space is absolutely neutral and lifeless, which allows you to make up the life within it without the need for an architectural crutch along the lines of a gaudy McMansion. Finally, these buildings represent our near-total triumph over the natural world as the human race. We have risen above scrambling around in mud huts in the darkness and it is glorious.
@@DanieleGiusi I'm not an architect and I like it.
that gay voice is incredibly irritating
The speaker doesn’t have a speech impediment, he has the gay accent. Whether you qualify that as a speech impediment is up to you.
Gay accent?
MOB yeah, it's a common dialect spoken on the region of Gayland. Imagine using this as an excuse to not improve your diction.
@@MatiasMishel96 I thought it's called Gaylic
The speaker ruined this video. Completely unlistenable voice, cut out your tongue.