Type Camp Bauhaus
19–25 August 2012, Weimar & Berlin, Germany
If you have an interest in the history of design, need to reinvigorate your design creativity, or are fascinated by the theory behind the world’s most famous design school, then this camp is the one for you!
Type Camp Bauhaus will change how you think about design history because the Bauhaus is not a style, it’s a way of life.
At the Bauhaus campus in Weimar, a small German city with a large cultural history, we begin by debunking the Bauhaus along with some of their teachings, learning more about the culture and politics of Germany in 1919, and experiencing a physical approach to design education with Bauhaus theatre.
Then, we experiment with their revolutionary photo/typo montage process, analyze their geometric letterforms and witness the modern results. History comes alive as you understand what the Bauhaus masters learned from Goethe, discover where Johannes Itten’s colour theory originated, and connect the range of typography from expressionism to functionalism through seeing original drawings by Moholy-Nagy, Schmidt, Bayer, & Itten.
We will visit Walter Gropius’ original office, view Oskar Schlemmer’s wall murals, participate in lectures and workshops in Henri van de Velde’s historically renovated ‘Winkelbau’. The camp will end with a 2-day trip to Berlin to see modern results of this amazing design institution.
The teaching team for Type Camp Bauhaus is internationally-known instructor, Professor Gerd Fleischmann; current Bauhaus instructor, Jay Rutherford; and international typography writer and historian Jan Middendorp.
Cost: CAD$2390.
This covers all housing,
food, scheduled transportation during
the camp, and all art and design supplies.
- PAY IN FULL BY 1 JUNE
$2390
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