At the beginning of the 20th century, society was undergoing a comprehensive transformation of values, production and life. At that time, Bauhaus helped industrial designers solve the confusion faced by many opportunities and phenomena. Its philosophy provides designers with good ideas and guidance in material, color, structure and function.
Today, Bauhaus philosophy is also helping interaction designers, who are facing a situation similar to that of industrial designers in the last century. It has the idea and method of abstracting universal attributes from complex phenomena. This is enough to continue its guiding significance. For example, its three basic graphics and their corresponding colors.
I subconsciously associated red with circle and blue with square during the exercise. Because I think there are too many popular symbolic meanings affecting me. For example, red represents the sun and concentration to some extent, while blue is relatively stable. After reading the analysis, I can understand the connection between them. While I started to think, is it society and culture that further affects our consciousness? Or are these connections inherently flexible? In a word, Bauhaus’s abstract philosophy of simplification will also have an impact and guidance on future design.
Love the example you provided! Bauhaus philosophy is related to the principle we are using today during the design process. Thank you for sharing your ideas and questions. I feel that culture is one of the most important things that impact us.
I agree with you that the simplification in Bauhaus philosophy is helping interaction designers.Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
You are right to question what is influencing your decisions. Culture plays a huge role in terms of what you are immersed in when you are growing up that becomes deeply embedded into your subconscious.
I agree with you that the simplification in Bauhaus philosophy is related to the principle we are using today.