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Geoffrey Bunting

Geoffrey Bunting is a writer, book designer, and historian. His work has appeared in History Today, Modus, History Magazine, on a number of blogs, and on Snarled’s Something Scary. He doesn’t like moths and can tie his shoelaces exceptionally well. You can find him here and on Twitter @geoffreyreads. You can read more from Geoffrey on his blog.

Stories By Geoffrey Bunting

20th century

Frauhaus: Gunta Stölzl, Walter Gropius, and the Women of the Bauhaus

By Geoffrey BuntingSeptember 26, 2019

The women of the Bauhaus, attracted to the school by a lie, were marginalised by its male masters and forced into a single workshop. Under the leadership of Gunta Stölzl, they turned the weaving workshop into...
Architecture

The Last Craftsman. Exploring Henry van de Velde and the Passage of Modernism

By Geoffrey BuntingAugust 30, 2019

Until 1972, the Museen zu Berlin exhibited, among other things, a teapot and its accompanying set. From above, the teapot is around 22 centimetres long, 13,5 centimetres wide, and 13 centimetres tall. Its chrome finish gives...