Bauhaus vs Ulm School (HfG Ulm)
バウハウス / ウルム造形大学
Bauhaus comes from Functionalism and Ulm School (HfG Ulm) from Postwar Industrial Design. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
Bauhaus
Makes function and play coexist through the circle, triangle and square.
Ulm School (HfG Ulm)
Founded by Max Bill as the Bauhaus's successor, the school redefined design as science, method and system. Its collaboration with Braun made the functionalist face a world standard.
| Bauhaus | Ulm School (HfG Ulm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1919–1933 | 1953–1968 |
| Family | Functionalism | Postwar Industrial Design |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Elementary shapes / Primary colors / Functional beauty / Visible structure | Method and system / Grids and modules / Ornament excluded / Design as science |
| Best used for | Giving an idea a clear, legible form · Bringing intelligence and warmth to education and culture | Aligning a product family and its markings as one system of rules · Building a device whose operation is explained by symbols and color rules alone |
| Type | Geometric sans-serif | One sans face, three sizes at most, everything ranged left |
| Composition | Treat shapes and letters as the same building blocks | Lay out controls and displays on a grid of modular dimensions |
| Material | Red, blue and yellow held together by black and off-white | Neutral surfaces with one or two colors allowed to mark function |
| Caution | Scattered shapes read as childish. Give every element a job. | Borrowing the grey and the grid without deciding the reasoning leaves nobody able to justify a rule, and the system collapses as elements are added. |