Like so many Bauhaus objects, it is made of simple materials, in this instance wood. It uses pure geometric shapes and is painted in primary colours. Neil MacGregor examines a cradle designed by ...

The series was curated by Marion von Osten and Grant Watson. The exhibitions have a uniform concept. Based on four Bauhaus objects – Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus Manifesto, Marcel Breuer’s collage a ...

Germany opened on Sunday and finally offers the city's Bauhaus Foundation a dedicated space to show its substantial collection of objects, models and schoolwork projects. As the second largest of its ...

For the first director and founder of the Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, this involved a close synthesis of the different disciplines in arts and handcrafts. Gropius felt everyday objects must be redesigned ...

Bauhaus pioneers were guided by the principle that "form follows function" and by the goal of creating objects and buildings with clean lines and no frills that are durable, affordable and ...