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Nina Wiedemeyer: Original Bauhaus

Cover of the Bauhaus Archive featuring the text "original bauhaus" and the addition "museum for design."

Original Bauhaus

Edited by Nina Wiedemeyer for the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung

224 pages, 155 color and 76 b/w illustrations
Hardcover
Prestel, 2019, English

The Bauhaus only existed in Germany for 14 years, but its ideas have been passed on for 100 years and its products reissued, imitated or further developed. To mark the anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, “original bauhaus” explores famous, well-known and forgotten Bauhaus originals. Based on 14 key objects, 14 case histories unfold: How did the woman seated in the tubular steel armchair become the Bauhaus’s most famous unknown? Does the Haus am Horn in Weimar have a secret twin? Why did the tea infuser, created as a prototype for industrial production, forever remain unique? Authors from the fields of architectural history, cultural studies, art, art history, museum education and media art write knowledgeably, critically and humorously about Bauhaus icons, copies, remixes and appropriations. This richly illustrated volume opens up new perspectives on Bauhaus history with essays and interviews.

The accompanying book was published for the anniversary exhibition of the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung in collaboration with the Berlinische Galerie – Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur [6 Sept 2019 – 27 Jan 2020]

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