Design & Style 7 — Bauhaus 1919-1933 [Steven Heller, Seymour Chwast]

Design & Style 7: Bauhaus 1919-1933, Mohawk Paper Mills and The Pushpin Group, New York, USA, 1991. 10.125 x 12, 28 pages plus wrappers. Edited by Steven Heller. Designed by Seymour Chwast and Roxanne Slimak.

This 7th and final volume in the series explores the Bauhaus and, more broadly, the New Typography movement, examining some of their philosophies, aesthetics, and lasting influence on modern design. Richly illustrated throughout, it features works by Joost Schmidt, Wassily Kandinsky, Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, Oskar Schlemmer, Jan Tschichold, Max Burchartz, Ladislav Sutnar, and many others.

Thoughtfully researched, with informative text that helps deepen the reader’s understanding of design history and graphic style. Includes an interactive, die-cut slide insert showcasing a rug design by Anni Albers, along with an abbreviated tipped-in specimen of Paul Renner’s Futura typeface. Chwast’s cover references the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar, 1919-1923 exhibition catalog designed by Herbert Bayer. Paper production notes and Graphic Style timeline laid-in.

Design & Style was a semi-annual journal of resource and inspiration dedicated to twentieth century art and design movements. It presented historic design and typography movements and their influence on contemporary graphic design with issues devoted to: Jugendstil, Streamline, Art Deco, Futurism, De Stijl, Surrealism, and Bauhaus. Each issue was lavishly printed with a variety of Mohawk Papers using various paper, printing and production techniques such as: die cutting, interesting folds, tipped-in plates and inserts, pop-ups and more.

A fine perfect-bound softcover book with stiff wrappers in its’ very good, original, unmailed publishers’ envelope. Collect them all!