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The most eye-catching classic and modern poster designs provide plenty of creative inspiration from film, advertising, art, politics and more.

This online exhibition offers an in-depth look into the novel pedagogy of the Bauhaus, highlighting student explorations, masters’ theories, and a variety of colorful media drawn from the Getty Research Institute’s archives.

Even in ancient times, merchants listed their goods on stone plaques to attract customers. Centuries later, the first advertising posters were unveiled, as a new exhibition shows.

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The design duo draw inspiration from Soviet-era modernism and Kyiv’s bountiful yet largely ignored typographic heritage.

Published:  May 24, 2021 14:46 Richard Rose Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet, 1927 Image Credit: Supplied Tom Wolfe was lucky. His passing will have allowed him to just miss out on the shower of celebrations for the centenary of the Bauhaus. In From Bauhaus to Our House (1981) the US author had written a ferocious outcry against the devotees of the famous German art school, held responsible for the concrete cubes at Sarcelles...

In his Proclamation of the Bauhaus, German architect Walter Gropius paints the picture of unity between all artforms to build a new, prosperous world. This radical idea came at a time where Germany had lost its sense of identity and was left to total ruins from years of war. In Gropius’s mind, the only way to bring society back together was to rebuild it. The Bauhaus, which translates in English to “school of building,” was an avant-garde arts and crafts academy in Weimar which launched o...