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Looking at the Bauhaus's letterforms across its short yet prolific fourteen year trajectory--and tracking how its lessons traveled abroad with the emigration of its professors and students--ultimately offers an intimate portrait of the school.--Madeleine Morley AIGA

"Featuring a splendid introduction by Ellen Lupton, [Bauhaus Typography at 100] is arguably the most complete Bauhaus resource I've seen, and I have been collecting related volumes for decades.--Steven Heller ""PRINT"" While the Bauhaus is often remembered for large-scale modernist architecture, Bauhaus Typography at 100 tells the movement's history through its smallest increment: the letters and type created by its myriad members across its fourteen-year span. This book is a testament to Bauhaus typogra-phy's outsized role in disseminating the school's shifting ideals of modernity in capsule form. Chronicling Bauhaus letter forms from the school's founding manifesto through its many influen-tial publications and the later work of the school's members, this beautiful book reveals a startling diversity that will delight and inspire designers and all readers of today.--Elizabeth Otto ""author of Haunted BauhausHand coeditor of Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective"" Looking at the Bauhaus's letterforms across its short yet prolific fourteen year trajectory--and tracking how its lessons traveled abroad with the emigration of its professors and students--ultimately offers an intimate portrait of the school.--Madeleine Morley ""AIGA"""

Featuring a splendid introduction by Ellen Lupton, [Bauhaus Typography at 100] is arguably the most complete Bauhaus resource I've seen, and I have been collecting related volumes for decades.--Steven Heller PRINT While the Bauhaus is often remembered for large-scale modernist architecture, Bauhaus Typography at 100 tells the movement's history through its smallest increment: the letters and type created by its myriad members across its fourteen-year span. This book is a testament to Bauhaus typogra-phy's outsized role in disseminating the school's shifting ideals of modernity in capsule form. Chronicling Bauhaus letter forms from the school's founding manifesto through its many influen-tial publications and the later work of the school's members, this beautiful book reveals a startling diversity that will delight and inspire designers and all readers of today.--Elizabeth Otto author of Haunted BauhausHand coeditor of Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective Looking at the Bauhaus's letterforms across its short yet prolific fourteen year trajectory--and tracking how its lessons traveled abroad with the emigration of its professors and students--ultimately offers an intimate portrait of the school.--Madeleine Morley AIGA

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