The Bauhaus art school was founded 100 years ago this year. The global design movement initiated by the school’s foundation changed architecture and interior design forever. Has it also influenced the field of data visualisation and communication?
The clean lines of Bauhaus-style furniture and architecture are clearly echoed in many data visualisations, such as the work of Italian designer Giorgia Lupi, but the people and attitudes within the movement also reveal new perspectives.
Bauhaus students learnt how the art and technique of using type and graphics should maximise the principles of economy, clarity and directness. The goal was to unite art and industrial design, fine and applied arts, creativity and manufacturing. The Bauhaus style of functional design, epitomised in Marcel Breuer’s “Club Chair”, echoed US-architect Louis Sullivan’s laws of form following function.
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