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The Bauhaus and the 1920s

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1Walter GropiusFounder and First director of the Bauhaus;
Replaced Henry Van De Velde
2Why was the Bauhaus named so?Bau: building ; haus: House
Gropius believed "the ultimate end of all artistic activity is the building"; first sentence of the bauhaus manifesto
3Marianne Brandt1st women to teach a workshop other than weaving; created some of the metal objects most closely associated with the Bauhaus aesthetic
4—"kandem" lamp - Marianne Brandt; successfully fulfilled the objective to put student and faculty work into production
5—Drafting room in the Weimer Bauhaus; lamps were designed by Marianne Brandt
6Herbert BayerExplored designs for a universal sans-serif typeface with no uppercase characters
7Model B3 "club" armchair (later "Wassily")Marcel Breuer; Manufactured by Thonet; chair later called Wassily because Wassily Kandinsky asked Breuer to make some for his residence.
8Mannesmann ManufacturingPerfected a process for manufacturing seamless tubular steal (welded steal tubes would crack when bent)
9B33 side chairMarcel Breuer; Kinked in the middle of the base so that the chair would sit flat (appears in other works by him); often erroneously attributed to mark Stam
10S33 Side ChairMark Stam; Won the patent rights in Germany for this type form against marcel Breuer (neither of them were the first to invent it)
11Weimar to Dessau 1925The Nazi Party was elected into power in Weimar and promptly withdrew support from the school. The Mayor from Dessau invited the Bauhaus to be located in Dessau.
12Hannes MeyerBecame director after Gropius and some of the other faculty resigned. Did not discourage political activism and thus in 1930 was thrown out along with the entire student body, of which were selectively let back in
13Ludwig Mies Van der RoheThird (and Final) director of the Bauhaus)
14Dessau to Berlin 1932The Bauhaus moved to Berlin because again the Nazi Party was elected into power, the Nazis hated the bauhaus because it was not "German"
15De Stijl aestheticSupremacy of the straight line, flat plane, and primary colors
16"military" side chairGerrit Rietveld - employed the seemingly less sophisticated rabbeted joint technique to joint this chair in comparison to his previous red and blue chair
17Schroder HouseGerrit Rietveld- Utrecht, Netherlands; De Stijl; Commissioned by Truus Schorder, who later became Rietveld's Second Wife
18Charlotte PerriandAlmost all credit for the furniture that came out of Corbusier's Office is attributed to her
19Fauteuil Grand ConfortLe Corbusier, Jeanneret, Perriand (actually Perriand); the grand confort had a painted steal frame because chrome plating wasn't not readily available until the late 1920s
20Petit Confort SofaVariation of the Grand Confort created by the manufacturer; Corbusier objected it so the manufacturer simply waited until after he died to start producing it.
21Petit and Grand Confort SeriesCorbusier and this series as well as other furniture from his office has nothing to do with the Bauhaus
22Chaise LongueCorbusier, Jeanneret, Perriand (actually Perriand); profile inspiration came from an American cowboy reclining against a tree.
23Swivel Chair and StoolCorbusier, Jeanneret, Perriand; These Stools where designed by Perriand BEFORE she started working at Corbusier's office
24ChairErich Dieckmann - Used Elsengarn (iron Yarn) Extremely study fabric developed at the Bauhaus by Grete Reichardt
25Lounge ChairErich Dieckmann - Designs similar to that of marcel Breuer's but are distinguished by their much more fluid curves
26Lounge ChairErich Dieckmann - The looping form resembles and air foil
27Ludwig Mies Van Der RoheThird and Final director of the Bauhaus
28Barcelona ChairMies Van Der Rohe - Made for the King and Queen of Spain during a Worlds Fair, Technology and the cost of manufacturing reflect the fact that they where never meant to be made in large quantities
29"brno" ChairsMies Van Der Rohe - Two Versions: flat-strap steel or tubular steel; tubular is much cheaper to manufacture
30Lilly ReichOften Collaborated with Mies Van Der Rohe starting in 1930, later cofounded the "New Bauhaus" with him
31"teardrop" CarEdmund Rumpler - Perhaps the first streamlined automobile
32GPO "Candlestick" TelephoneIt's form is designed to take advantage of the manufacturing process (turned on a lathe); its form evolved from the manufacturing process
33Siemen's "neophone" telephone1st all-plastic telephone; made form Bakelite
34Gerneral Electric's monitor Top Refrigeratorcalled "monitor-top" because the condensing coils looked like the cannon turret on top the Civil war gunship USS Monitor
35Stamppati "Americania" Pasta MakerChromium Plating steel became commercially available in 1925, became popular for its anti rust properties
36Ford Model AFord Switched to the Model A in direct response to competition (mostly from Chevrolet)
37Harvey EarlHired by General Motors to head a corporate design group in Detroit
38Walter Dorwin TeagueTransformed his office from Graphic Design to one of the 1st Industrial Design Consulting firms in the country
39Duesenberg Model J boat-tailed speedsterStreamlined for efficiency; "it's a Doozy" phrase comes from this car because it was so beautiful.
40Kodak "Beau Brownie" CameraWalter Dorwin Teague - Possibly the 1st instance of and industrial designer working on retainer; regularly scheduled payments no matter what, ensured Teague's exclusive availability