from Ben Hartley
Technology+Progress
Founded by Walter Gropius (1883-1969), the Bauhaus school of design and its renown teaching methods were an essential stage for the progress of modern design education. Due to the Bauhaus being so influential, many philosophies and methods in todays schools of design show similarities to those of the Bauhaus design school. For example, our Victoria University has a course structure and teaching methods that closely resemble the Bauhaus.
In the Bachelor of Design Innovation, every student does the first year foundation course, with broad subjects to choose from so that in second year students can specialise and chose from the three majors. This idea comes from the Bauhaus which started its education with a preliminary course focusing on introducing students to Bauhaus theory.Thanks to Johannes Ittens ‘education through play’ philosophy the Bauhaus had a very experimental approach to learning design which can now be seen in many of the design subjects at Vic; 101 Rapid Visualisation and 141 Experimenting with Materials both encourage students to investigate and learn design through natural exploration of techniques. Another teaching method at Vic that relates back to the Bauhaus is the aim of finding out how design boundaries can be pushed through the use of new technologies. Courses like 104 Digital Creation and 142 Creative Coding use the latest technologies to teach students design philosophies that are relevant to modern industry. This was a key focus of the Bauhaus school.
In the Bachelor of Design Innovation, every student does the first year foundation course, with broad subjects to choose from so that in second year students can specialise and chose from the three majors. This idea comes from the Bauhaus which started its education with a preliminary course focusing on introducing students to Bauhaus theory.Thanks to Johannes Ittens ‘education through play’ philosophy the Bauhaus had a very experimental approach to learning design which can now be seen in many of the design subjects at Vic; 101 Rapid Visualisation and 141 Experimenting with Materials both encourage students to investigate and learn design through natural exploration of techniques. Another teaching method at Vic that relates back to the Bauhaus is the aim of finding out how design boundaries can be pushed through the use of new technologies. Courses like 104 Digital Creation and 142 Creative Coding use the latest technologies to teach students design philosophies that are relevant to modern industry. This was a key focus of the Bauhaus school.
from Simeon Wilson
Technology+Progress
There are many similarities between Victoria university’s first year design program, and the program of the Bauhaus. The first I will cover is freedom of expression, having no right or wrong style of expression. The second being the learning through experimenting and working with with materials and forms.
The Bauhous manifesto states “Avoidance of all rigidity; priority of creativity; freedom of individuality, but strict study discipline.” - Walter Gropius, 1919. This principle is upheld in most of Victoria’s design papers. Victoria does not teach what style is right or wrong, but how to express the properties and qualities of a material or object.
When Johannes Itten ran the Vorkurs, a six month preliminary course, he encouraged innovation, and experimentation with common materials. Victoria often requires the innovative use of common materials such as paper or wire, and also has an entire paper dedicated to “Experimenting with Materials”
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