The Bauhaus movement and its influence today

The Bauhaus movement and its influence today

The Bauhaus was essentially a cultural movement. It began as an expression of a German school of technology in Weimar and evolved into an approach that balanced design and function. Its ideal of 'form follows function', which is still popular today, was propagated by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. Crucially, this approach was encouraged by mass production, not constrained by it.

The Bauhaus was driven by the creation of beauty through intentional utilitarian design, uncompromised by mass production. Mass production is perceived as a framework that can encompass art. It is characterised by a tendency towards simplicity and utility. In this sense, it always avoided the traps of decoration and considered that any media could be an interface for the Bauhaus approach.

These basic principles remain relevant today, at least for those involved in the design of elements of the anthropogenic environment, even in digital fields, i.e. with regard to the design of applications or services.