Ulm School (HfG Ulm)

ウルム造形大学 / 1953–1968 / Style / Postwar Industrial Design

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

Ulm School (HfG Ulm) — マックス・ビル ウルム・スツール（CC BY-SA 3.0）Ulm School (HfG Ulm) — ウルム・スツール 1954（CC BY-SA 3.0）
マックス・ビル ウルム・スツール（CC BY-SA 3.0） ／ ウルム・スツール 1954（CC BY-SA 3.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Max Bill / Tomás Maldonado / Braun and Dieter Rams

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