I hot footed it to the Bauhaus exhibition at the Barbican as soon as it opened, and shared a few thoughts on this week’s Design Geekery column.
“Design Geekery; Bauhaus Art As Life
I recently spent a very interesting evening exploring the Barbican’s new exhibition, Bauhaus Art As Life. I went to the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin many years ago and have been hooked on all things Bauhaus every since. The art and design school itself was only open for a…”
Head over to We Heart to read the rest of the article.
Further reading for the especially geeky:
- out and about :: celebrating maggie’s and oma/progress
- thinking about :: festival style
- out and about :: london’s libraries (1)
- out and about :: london’s libraries (2)
7 comments
Linda Bloomfield says:
May 23, 2012
I’m very interested in the Bauhaus women. They were discouraged from doing furniture or architecture and made to do textiles or pottery instead. Marguerite Friedlaender Wildenhain went on to design tableware for industry (KPM in Berlin) and became a leading studio potter in America. Grete Marks designed pottery and later settled in England but the potteries in Stoke-on-Trent weren’t very receptive to her ideas.
design geek says:
May 23, 2012
Wow. Thanks so much for that insight Linda. I definately need to find out more about these ladies!
Linda Bloomfield says:
May 24, 2012
Here are some pictures of them:
http://pinterest.com/lindathepotter/modernist-lady-potters/
Toni says:
Jun 3, 2012
Hi from a classmate from BYW! Having a quick peek at some of the blogs and can already see that I’ll be a regular on yours!
design geek says:
Jun 4, 2012
Thank you – lovely to meet you!
Mary C. Nasser says:
Jun 4, 2012
Sounds like an amazing exhibit!
I love learning about new art all over the world.
Thanks for the insights.
Wishing you all the best,
Mary (from BYW 2.0)
design geek says:
Jun 8, 2012
Thanks Mary!