In 2019, we at Illinois Tech celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus, together with institutions worldwide. In the spirit of this celebration and IIT Institute of Design’s (ID’s) heritage as the New Bauhaus, student group mediaID produced a Bauhaus newsletter. A collection written, photographed, designed, and curated by students at ID and Illinois Tech, in the newsletter students reflect on the influence of the Bauhaus, examining its relevance and impact today while also looking toward the future.
This project was organized by Jan Tichy and sponsored by Chicago’s Goethe-Institut.
Read the first of this series on Medium:
- “Design’s Modern Ethics Dilemma,” by J. Smyk (MDes 2020)
- “Op-ed from the Future: Inconspicuous Consumption” by Raina Russ (MDM 2019)
- “Building a New Foundation: Adapting Bauhaus Pedagogy for the Future of Design” by M. Todd Cooke (MDes + MBA 2020) and Jason Romano (MDes 2020)
- “From Paper to Performance” by Audrey Gordon (MDes 2020)
View the PDF of the 2019 Bauhaus newsletter produced by ID students, as well as a companion newsletter by students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).