The Bauhaus movement changed everything. Founded in 1919, it set out to erase the line between art and everyday life. Chairs, lamps, typefaces, buildings, suddenly everything could be art. Some of the world’s greatest creators like Paul Klee, Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy and Marianne Brandt passed through its doors. Even Apple’s sleek design and IKEA’s flat-pack furniture trace back to Bauhaus. The Nazis tried to shut it down, calling it “degenerate.” Instead, the ideas spread worldwide, shapin

The Bauhaus #chess set by Josef Hartwig is a masterpiece of the #Bauhaus movement and an example of Hartwig's clear ideas about what design should achieve. He reduced the chess pieces to elementary geometric shapes and dispensed with ornaments to create pieces that were both functional and aesthetic. The chess set was also a political statement against war, as Hartwig demilitarized the chess pieces and advocated for peace. His commitment to clarity and simplicity in favor of the recipient is evi