Industrial Design at Bauhaus, Weimer

Walter Gropius the founder of the Bauhaus at Weimer in 1919 proposed to unite craft and art together that would forge the divide between art and crafts. Traditionally art has always remained superior compare to craft. Gropius believed in uniting them to create a new world of modern creativity, Industrial Design. Gropius says, “Let us then create a new guild of craftsmen without the class distinctions that raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and artist!”
(Read more Ref. http://www.thelearninglab.nl/resources/Bauhaus-manifesto.pdf ; February 21, 2013)

Gropius in 1919 writes about the philosophy and the roadmap of Bauhaus in a manifesto that became the foundation for the modern design education around the word. It is undoubtedly an exceptional effort that would change the face of Industrial Design for ever.

The Bauhaus wanted to create a healthy environment where all forms of art would create a holistic environment. Unifying all forms of art, architecture and craft the Bauhaus strives to bring together all creative effort into one whole. The Bauhaus wants to educate architects, painters, and sculptors of all levels, according to their capabilities, to become competent craftsmen or independent creative artists and to form a working community of leading and future artist-craftsmen. These men, of kindred spirit, will know how to design buildings harmoniously in their entirety-structure, finishing, ornamentation, and furnishing.

Principles of the Bauhaus

Gropius writes in his manifesto (1919), “Art rises above all methods; in itself it cannot be taught, but the crafts certainly can be.

Architects, painters, and sculptors are craftsmen in the true sense of the word; hence, a thorough training in the crafts, acquired in workshops and in experimental and practical sites, is required of all students as the indispensable basis for all artistic production. …The manner of teaching arises from the character of the workshop: Organic forms developed from manual skills.”
(Read more: http://www.thelearninglab.nl/resources/Bauhaus-manifesto.pdf ; February 26, 2013)