For Context of practise my I created a presentation for a publication proposal. I started by showing them that my essay title was:
My publication would be based on...
and would feature...
The idea is that the book wold feature information on these redesigned everyday objects and give the set of principles that were used at the Bauhaus so that others can use those principles in their own work and hopefully redesign something so that it is as functional as possible.
All the design aesthetics of the publication will be based around the design style commonly associated with the Bauhaus. There is a thick, geometric font called Bauhaus that suites this style. I also plan to create the book in a unique way that hopefully reinvents the book to be more functionable. I would like to create the book in a way that makes the book itself look like a piece of art, just as the design work at the bauhaus was. The design work at the Bauhaus was seen as art as it was objects as functional as possible in their simplest form.
The book/magazine below is not meeting it's function as the gutter causes the layout to be distorted and part of the design can not be seen.
To achieve this I will have to create a book that is also, 'in its simplest form'. I believe that a perfect bound book that opens flat would be this. It's something quit beautiful and looks very crisp and clean when laid down on a table. This book will be functionable as it is achieving its main goal, displaying the content of the book in the clearest ay possible.
You might think of Bauhaus as a style, or maybe a school of thought. But Staatliches Bauhaus—more commonly known as just Bauhaus—was actually a physical school: an institute of design that gave some of history's most important designers a grounding in aesthetics that continues to influence the way our world looks and works.
Bauhaus was one of the first proper design schools, and while its instruction was deeply devoted to functionality, it was among the first to set out and prove that functional need not be boring.
The school steadily progressed under founder Walter Groupius, who, in 1923, saw what Russian and Dutch designers were doing and re-envisioned the Bauhaus' original mission of uniting and craft, altering it to unite art and technology. Good design that could be mass-produced and made available to the general public.
It was then that many of the Bauhaus' most iconic and lasting designs emerged. Centered around clean geometric forms, balanced visual composition, and materials such as wood, metal and glass, Bauhaus design embraced a futuristic look that was still very much interested in the creation of functional products for the real world. Encouraging a scientific approach to design, the mechanical and industrial aspects were not things to be covered up, but rather showcased.
Even after the school closed in 1933 due to German political pressure, its influence continued to be felt. In the 1960s, Dieter Rams embraced many of the same principals and ideals found in Bauhaus design. Florence Knoll put her own american spin on Bauhaus design, building one of the largest and most respected furniture companies in existence. And of course, there's Apple. Everything from the early MacOS logo, to its more recent array of computers, phones, tablets and accessories all smack of the early innovations put forth by the little German design school that could.
