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Bauhaus
バウハウス / 1919–1933 / Style / Functionalism
Why it is closeName matchText match
Makes function and play coexist through the circle, triangle and square.
Elementary shapes / Primary colors / Functional beauty / Visible structure
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Bauhaus Stage
バウハウスの舞台 / 1921–1929 / Style / Stage Design
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Schlemmer's stage workshop turned the body into geometry. Spheres and cones in the Triadic Ballet costumes set the human figure dancing as a form in space, and performance art traces its origin to them.
Geometrized bodies / Costumes of spheres and cones / Three acts by color / Choreography as spatial figure
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Modernism
モダニズム / 1920s–1970s / Style / Functionalism
Why it is closeText match
Replaces ornament with reasoned form and aims at universality. The particular answers stand as their own entries, and Bauhaus, Swiss, Minimalism and Streamline Moderne are all separate solutions arrived at from this one stance.
Simplification / Clear hierarchy / Function first / Universal forms
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Ulm School (HfG Ulm)
ウルム造形大学 / 1953–1968 / Style / Postwar Industrial Design
Why it is closeText match
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.
Method and system / Grids and modules / Ornament excluded / Design as science
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