Bauhaus Futures

A century after its founding, the Bauhaus remains a pivotal force in design, with its core principles of integration between research, teaching, and practice, material experimentation, and democratization of design proving enduringly relevant. This publication, 'Bauhaus Futures,' expands on these themes by addressing contemporary issues such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and disability—topics largely overlooked in the past century. Through diverse formats including essays, photo-essays, interviews, manifestos, diagrams, and a play, contributors explore Bauhaus legacies at institutions like MIT Media Lab and Black Mountain College, while critically examining its humanist universalism against current design approaches concerned with justice. The work also delves into the role of women in Bauhaus textile and weaving traditions, bridging historical practices with modern innovations.

Forlano, L., Steenson, M. W., & Ananny, M. (Eds.). (2019). Bauhaus Futures. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12044.001.0001