Looking at the Bauhaus’s letterforms across its short yet prolific
fourteen year trajectory—and tracking how its lessons traveled
abroad with the emigration of its professors and
students—ultimately offers an intimate portrait of the school.
*AIGA*
Featuring a splendid introduction by Ellen Lupton, [Bauhaus
Typography at 100] is arguably the most complete Bauhaus resource
I’ve seen, and I have been collecting related volumes for
decades.
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While the Bauhaus is often remembered for large-scale modernist
architecture, Bauhaus Typography at 100 tells the movement’s
history through its smallest increment: the letters and type
created by its myriad members across its fourteen-year span. This
book is a testament to Bauhaus typogra-phy’s outsized role in
disseminating the school’s shifting ideals of modernity in capsule
form. Chronicling Bauhaus letter forms from the school’s founding
manifesto through its many influen-tial publications and the later
work of the school’s members, this beautiful book reveals a
startling diversity that will delight and inspire designers and all
readers of today.
*author of Haunted BauhausHand coeditor of Bauhaus Women: A Global
Perspective*
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