Stories By Geoffrey Bunting
20th century
Tōkyō Thrift – Japonisme and the Japanese Bauhaus
September 30, 2020The historical narrative of Modernism is overwhelmingly western. However, the history of the movement is, in reality, one of constant diffusion between the East and West; between Europe and Japan. It is an area of study...
20th century
Frauhaus: Gunta Stölzl, Walter Gropius, and the Women of the Bauhaus
September 26, 2019The 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
August 30, 2019Until 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...
