http://www.purebauhaus.com Bauhaus Furniture, Design, Architecture & People. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:34:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know I've written about the Barcelona chair before but considering it's status and recent offers from various retailers I think it's worth another mention. As most people know, the Barcelona chair was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for his Pavilion at the International exhibition in Barcelona Spain. The ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/bauhaus-furniture/barcelona-chair-revisited/ It’s all about details... good design that is. Let’s face it, the big stuff is easy to take care of. Things like floors, wall color and to an extent furniture are easy to get out of the way... but it’s the little things that most people don’t notice (like door ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/other/details-details/ Another great design that came out of the Bauhaus, the Folding Table by Gustav Hassenpflug. This is a design that is often imitated even today, nearly 80 years after the original was designed in 1928. It’s proof that good design and good ideas never get old or outdated. The Bauhaus workshops ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/bauhaus-furniture/folding-table-by-gustav-hassenpflug/ The BRNO chair is another of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s masterpieces. Originally designed in 1929-1930 for the bedroom of the Tugendhat house in Brno, Czechoslovakia, the BRNO chair’s design has stood the test of time. Constructed of flat steel bar (there is a round tube version as well), bent into ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/bauhaus-furniture/brno-chair/ Food is just as much a part of living the good life as anything else in your home or life. When you eat good you feel good, and that really shows. Too many people think that cooking is beyond them and best left to Chefs. This isn’t always the case, ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/other/not-just-for-chefs/ Just because you can’t attend at the classic Bauhaus doesn’t mean that you have to give up your dreams for higher education or a specialized career. Gibbs College (Boston) http://www.gibbsboston.edu offers you the chance to improve yourself and advance your career. With degree programs in Business/Office Administration, Accounting, Computers, Visual Communications, ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/other/gibbs-college/ Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus. Born in Berlin, Walter Gropius was the third son of a building advisor to the government with the same name, and Manon Auguste Pauline Scharnweber (1855–1933) whose family owned a manor ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/walter-gropius/walter-gropius/ Herbert Bayer Herbert Bayer (1900-1985) was an Austrian graphic designer, painter, photographer, and architect. Bayer apprenticed under the artist Georg Schmidthammer in Linz. Leaving the workshop to study at the Viennese Darmstadt Artists Colony, he became interested in Walter Gropius's Bauhaus manifesto. After Bayer had studied for four years at the Bauhaus ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/herbert-bayer/herbert-bayer/ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969) was an architect and designer. Born in Aachen, Germany, he worked in the family stone-carving business before he joined the office of Bruno Paul in Berlin. He entered the ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe/ Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky (first name sometimes spelled as "Vasily," "Vassily" or "Vasilii") (December 4, 1866 – December 13, 1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist. One of the most important 20th-century artists, alongside Picasso and Matisse, he is credited with painting the first abstract works in the history of ... http://www.purebauhaus.com/wassily-kandinsky/wassily-kandinsky/