Bauhaus: The German School That Redesigned the World

In 1919, an architect named Walter Gropius founded a radical art school in Weimar. The Bauhaus would go on to shape everything from skyscrapers to Ikea furniture, but its journey was anything but smooth. This episode follows the school's turbulent path through Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin, its encounters with Nazi hostility, and its exile that spread its ideas across the globe. We meet key figures like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. We explore the iconic buildings—the Dessau campus, the Fagus Factory—and the political battles that forced the Bauhaus to close in 1933. We also look at its lasting legacy: the clean lines of modern design, the ubiquity of tubular steel chairs, and the controversy over whether the Bauhaus sold out its socialist ideals. If you've ever sat in a cantilever chair or admired a glass curtain wall, you've felt the Bauhaus influence. This is the story of a school that tried to rebuild the world from scratch. #Bauhaus #WalterGropius #WeimarGermany #Dessau #ModernDesign #PaulKlee #WassilyKandinsky #MarcelBreuer #LudwigMiesvanderRohe #FagusFactory #NaziArt #Exile #DesignHistory #20thCentury #ArtSchool #Functionalism #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo