Modern Design

The Bauhaus began operating in 1919 and since then it has become the inspiration and cornerstone for design institutions around the world. Today we can see similarities between the philosophy and methods that were used at the Bauhaus being applied to our current design education system.

Walter Gropius the school’s first director entered the school with an idea for artistic freedom and individuality where students could choose their preferred areas of specialization. Lessons stimulated student’s interests in materials, drawing techniques and forms. Gropius believed that there was to be an equality and collaboration between the artist and the craftsman. He taught that, “A foundation of handicraft is essential for every artist. It is there that the primary source of creativity lies.”

Today we can find the same principles and methods that were applied to the Bauhaus to our student life. Victoria offers an extensive design course which enables the students to engage in a huge spectrum of different exercises and assignments which integrate aspects of the Bauhaus principles and methods, such as creating compositions of different kinds of drawing styles, exploring geometric shapes and qualities of good design through the creating of 3d models either through handcraft or digital design. Students are encouraged to experiment and to use a range of different materials to achieve similar outcomes to those expressed by the Bauhaus, “educating new designers to reinvigorate the production of useful goods.”