Joost Schmidt (1893-1948) was a teacher or master at the Bauhaus and later a professor at the College of Visual Arts, Berlin.

Born in Wunstorf/Hanover, in 1910, Joost was one of three children, and endured a difficult upbringing.

He began studying at the Grand-Ducal Saxon Academy of fine Art in Weimar.

A student at the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1925, he trained in the wood-carving workshop. His first typographical works date from 1923.

Schmidt taught at the Bauhaus from 1925 to 1932. There he was head of the sculpture workshop from 1925 to 1930 and head of the advertising department from 1928.

He taught the Lettering course plus life drawing.

He is best known for designing the famous poster for the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar. This work with its round and square motifs, recalls reliefs by Oskar Schlemmer.

Schmidt was a visionary typographer/graphic designer. He also rented a studio in Berlin and worked as a cartographer in a publishing house.

He pursued his work as a graphic designer despite much resistance from the Nazis.