New Bauhaus & Institute of Design Online Archive (NB&IDOA)

Material Description

Academic and creative materials of The New Bauhaus (aka American School of Design), School of Design, and Institute of Design, 1937 - 1955. The collection includes academic catalogues, class and school activities announcements, and biographical materials on faculty (including founder László Moholy-Nagy) and students. Also included are examples of artistic works, exhibit catalogues and announcements of student and alumni professional activities. Also essays, speeches, periodical articles, newsclippings by and about the school and its members. Some materials concern specific courses, such as Camouflage Course, Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy, Summer Art Camp and Junior Workshop. Exhibit materials include catalogues from Maremont Collection, Fernand Leger, and Moholy-Nagy exhibits. A small amounts of individual student and group projects are found here. Photographs include 4½x6” black & white images depicting completed class projects arranged by class or medium, classroom and studio settings, exhibitions (includes the Harvard Exhibit). Additional 8x10” photographs depict student designs and inventions, product designs; school buildings and faculty and additional exhibit installations (GKF graphic arts exhibit of 1954, social documentary and industrial design exhibits, and others). This collection is entirely unique, making it a prime source for information on Moholy-Nagy, the Institute of Design (prior to 1955) and its predecessor schools. The collection represents the only known official records of The New Bauhaus and School of Design and the early years of the Institute of Design.