The Bauhaus Collection
Classic Modern Originals
All-year
A City Crown for Halle Saale
Walter Gropius in Competition
Until 9 January 2012
Katsura Imperial Villa
Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro
18 January – 12 March 2012
Chairs without Legs – The International Design
Museum Munich – as Guest in the Bauhaus Archive
21 March – 10 June 2012
Benita Koch-Otte
Textile Designer 1920-1933
20 June – 27 August 2012
DMY Awards & Jury Selection 2012
Young Designers at the Bauhaus Archive
12 September – 15 October 2012
Lou Scheper-Berkenkamp
31 October 2012 – 14 January 2013
Katsura Imperial Villa. Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro
18 January – 12 March 2012
Katsura Imperial Villa, which was constructed in the 17th century and is located in the environs of Kyoto, held great fascination for many European architects who travelled to Japan, including Walter Gropius and Bruno Taut. Ishimoto Yasuhiro numbered among the very few people who were allowed to photograph the villa’s interior rooms and spaces. The exhibition features black-and-white photographs taken by Ishimoto in 1954. Born in 1921 in San Francisco and trained in the tradition of the New Bauhaus in Chicago, Ishimoto portrayed the centuries-old imperial villa within a modernist approach, thus documenting a new view of traditional Japanese architecture. The exhibition is a cooperation with The Japan Foundation.
Chairs without Legs
Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design
Museum Munich – as Guest in the Bauhaus Archive
21 March – 10 June 2012
In defiance of traditional construction methods, the cantilever chair came to represent the essence of modern design in the 1920s. With their designs for the first cantilever chairs made of tubular steel, Mart Stam, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe transferred a new architectural concept of space with an emphasis on lightness and transparency to the realm of furniture. Since the 1950s and ’60s, highly innovative materials and technologies have come into use, such as plastics and corrugated cardboard. Artistic, social and political influences are reflected in provocative, unconventional seating objects.
Pioneering figures during this period were Verner Panton, Frank Gehry and protagonists of new German design such as Stiletto. This selection of furniture from the holdings of ‘Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich’ provides a multifaceted overview of the design and technological development of modern seating.
The Bauhaus Collection
Classic Modern Originals
All-year
The Bauhaus Archive / Museum of Design in Berlin engages in the research and presentation of the history and influence of the Bauhaus (1919-1933), the most important school of architecture, design and art in the twentieth century. The entire spectrum of the school's activities is represented in the Bauhaus Collection: architecture, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, photography, stage pieces and student work from the preliminary course, as well as works created by the school's famous teachers, including Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, Josef Albers, Oskar Schlemmer, László Moholy-Nagy and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Even today, the "Bauhaus Lamp", the "Wassily" armchair, Bauhaus wallpaper and other pieces are regarded as modern classics. This presentation of paintings, drawings, sculptures and models by Bauhaus masters and students from the world's largest collection of Bauhaus artefacts illustrates its lasting influence. Researchers have access to over 32,000 volumes (books, periodicals, exhibition catalogues) on the history and reception of Bauhaus ideas and activities in the library. The document collection contains manuscripts, letters, printed matter, drawings, plans and photos, as well as the Gropius Estate. The programme of the museum is complemented by at least four special exhibitions, numerous lectures, podium discussions, workshops, readings and concerts.
