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The ABC’s of Triangle, Square, Circle: The Bauhaus & Design Theory

The ABC’s of Triangle, Square, Circle: The Bauhaus & Design Theory

Edited by Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller

Originally published in 1991, Lupton and Miller, illustrate and document the philosophy and rationale behind the most influential school of design, the Bauhaus, which transformed the trajectory of architecture and design throughout the world.

In The ABC’s of Triangle, Square, Circle: The Bauhaus & Design Theory, the Bauhaus’s multidisciplinary approach is outlined throughout its various avenues of expression — from typography, geometry, psychoanalysis, and childhood education, the reader is able to grasp a fundamental understanding of what made the Bauhaus so prolific.