Bauhaus Period and Modern Deco

Released on = March 25, 2007, 11:22 pm

Press Release Author = Modern-Deco.com

Industry = Advertising

Press Release Summary = Today people can find reproductions of modern classic
furniture designs made to same design, detailing and standards as the originals.
Samples of this work are presented at http://www.modern-deco.com.


Press Release Body = Bauhaus the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus, an art and
architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933, and for its approach
to design that it publicized and taught. The most natural meaning for its name
(related to the German verb for \"build\") is Architecture House. Bauhaus style became
one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture.

The Bauhaus art school had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in
architecture and interior design.

The Bauhaus had a major impact on art and architecture trends in Western Europe, the
United States and Israel (particularly in White City, Tel Aviv) in the decades
following its demise, as many of the artists involved fled, or were exiled, by the
Nazi regime.

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. Vorkurs (\"initial\" or \"preliminary course\") was
taught; this is the modern day Basic Design course that has become one of the key
foundational courses offered in architectural and design schools across the globe.
There was no teaching of history in the school because everything was supposed to be
designed and created according to first principles rather than by following
precedent.

One of the most important contributions of the Bauhaus is in the field of modern
furniture design. The world famous and ubiquitous Cantilever chair by Dutch designer
Mart Stam, using the tensile properties of steel, and the Wassily Chair designed by
Marcel Breuer are two examples.

Today people can find reproductions of modern classic furniture designs by Le
Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Charles Eames, Eileen Gray and others are made to same
design, detailing and standards as the originals, in most cases even better as new
technology allows. Samples of this work are presented at http://www.modern-deco.com.


Web Site = http://www.modern-deco.com

Contact Details = Modern-Deco
Bath
United Kingdom
0044 7737 910445
marketing@modern-deco.com

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