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Project One Research

The Bauhaus lamp was chosen for its uniqueness of style (in that it favours form as equal or greater to function) and for it’s situatedness; it being produced before swiveling table-lamps were popular but after gas lamps were deprecated (Droste, 1997, pg 32).

The lamp has a complex history being that it is a student project of the Bauhaus and has been influnced by several designers; this history means that there is no one “absolute” version of the lamp, and bits and pieces have interchangeably been made in metal and glass, framed in steel, enclosed in glass and so on. Versions available on the market today (or indeed since it’s release) reflect these characteristics in the distinctions they each have from one another. This has the effect of enabling the lamp to morph in scale or proportion to suit one companies manufacturing method; and yet despite these nuances the lamp is still clearly distinguishable in the basic shapes and forms it uses.

The poster for project one was inspired by Herbert Beyers 1925 brochure advertisement for the Bauhaus Lamp (Metropress, 2016).

The fonts were chosen based on appropriateness and connection to Herbert Beyer’s work; FF Bau was chosen to mimic as close as possible the body text on the 1925 brochure (the original font not being freely available).

The following links and references are suppplemental to the poster, no photo credits were listed on the poster.

Fonts:

Display Text:

Pentaprism 5 http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/pentaprism-nf/

ITC Bauhaus https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/bauhaus/

Body text:

FF Bau Pro https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fontfont/bau-pro/

References:

Bauhaus100. (2016, January 21). What exactly was the Bauhaus?. Retrieved From https://www.bauhaus100.de/en/past/overview/

Droste, M. (1997). The Bauhaus-Light by Carl Jacob Jucker and Wilhelm Wagenfeld / Magdalena Droste. (Design classics; 8). Frankfurt am Main: Verlag form.

Fonts In Use. (2010, December 11). True Type of the Bauhaus. Retrieved from: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/5/typefaces-at-the-bauhaus

Metropress Ltd. (2016, June 3). Katalog Der Muster. Entfwurf Von Herbert Bayer. Retrieved from: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/nosbsch-and-stucke-gmbh-auktionen-berlin/catalogue-id-srnos10005/lot-99cea2d7-eefd-4767-9b1c-a60300df84b0

Photo Credits:

A&E Television Networks. (2014, April 3). Laszlo Mahol- Nagy. Retrieved from: http://www.biography.com/people/l%C3%A1szl%C3%B3-moholy-nagy-9411069#synopsis

Bauhaus100. (2016, January 21). Metal. Retrieved From https://www.bauhaus100.de/en/past/teaching/workshops/metal/

Museum-Digital. (2012, September 25). Walter Gropius. Retrieved from: http://www.museum-digital.de/san/index.php?t=objekt&oges=1791

Steel Classic. (2011). Gyula Pap. Retrieved from: http://eu.steelclassic.com/bauhaus-designer/gyula-pap.html

Steel Classic. (2011). Karl Jacob Jucker. Retrieved from: http://uk.steelclassic.com/bauhaus-designer/karl-jacob-jucker.html

Wonder Room. (2016, January 7). Wilhelm Wagenfeld, the pioneer of industrial design. Retrieved from: http://www.wonderroom.pl/2016/01/07/wilhelm-wagenfeld/

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