What were the key ideas of the Bauhaus?
The Bauhaus is one of, if not the most influential modern art school of the 20th century. The key ideas and concepts of the Bauhaus was its approach to different methods of teaching and understanding the meaning behind art and how to relates to society and technology. The motivation behind the Bauhaus started in the 19th century in that time people thought that art does not have a purpose in society and it was rejected, therefore the Bauhaus bring together that creativity and manufacturing and bring them together again because they were going apart, so they wanted to bring it together and create better designs and bring it back to life and create a fresh experience. Their focus was to bring together fine art and techniques to a modern society. The Bauhaus brought down the hierarchy for different types of art and placing them on a level field and leading the way for different artist. The Bauhaus is in fact all about new techniques and a different attitude and state of mind and new construction and bring them forward, because this way artist start evolving and evolutions therefore leads to unusual, new and interesting pieces of work which influenced the development of graphic design, the Bauhaus also emphasized how important simple designs were because the best designs were often the most simple, The Bauhaus often sways towards more pure forms and clean designs and that should be the main characteristic when It comes to design.
The Bauhaus School
Examples of a piece of art that came from the Bauhaus school
Artist: László Moholy-Nagy
Artwork description & Analysis: Moholy-Nagy worked with engineer Istvan Sebok and technician Otto Ball to realize the Light Prop. Uniting the artist’s enthusiasm for the look of machines, and for material innovation, it is one of the most famous early examples of kinetic art.
http://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus-artworks.htm
Artist: Josef Albers
Artwork description & Analysis: Josef Albers described his most famous series, Homage to the Square, as “platters to serve colour.” He began the series in 1949 and worked on it until his death in 1976. This early version demonstrates his systematic approach to investigating the optical effects of colours.
http://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus-artworks.htm
Do you feel that the ideas could have an influence on contemporary games design?
Yes, I do feel like the ideas could have an influence on contemporary game design, because the Bauhaus represents a movement and this was extremely important for design and art and bringing it to the modern ages examples of the Bauhaus influence can be seen in the 21st century as seen in products such as the iPhone, as it was a simple but elegant design and when it was first unveiled it was ahead of its time, so I think the Bauhaus can have influence on game design, if designers take influence from the Bauhaus and how simplicity is often the best as there is beauty in simplicity and if designers take upon that mentality it can result to really good end products which could revolutionize the way we think about game design the way the iPhone did.