Mid-Century Modern

choose 3 works from The bauhaus modernist movement.?

Demonstrate how formal concerns intersect with utopian aims for social change in the period between world war I and II. Define ‘moderism and analyse how this relates to your group.

Its an essay question for BA in design. Help me answer it please…I’m a year ahead of myself in the course and struggle with the history side…practical side of things i’m doing well.Thanks for your time.

That looks like an interesting topic. Here are some resources for you to use:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

“The Bauhaus is one of the most important Design Movements in the twentieth century. It took place in Germany of the 1920s and early 1930s, the period of the Weimar Republic, an area considered one of the birthplaces of the Modern Movement in architecture and design.” from Dezignare Interior Design Collective http://www.dezignare.com/newsletter/bauhausmovement.html

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