Enough with the frilly, frou-frou traditional design techniques. All the fancy embellishments, what are they for? If it isn’t essential to the function of the furniture then get rid of it.
While many fans of contemporary and modern furniture would applaud the previous statement, that is precisely how you can define the Bauhaus movement.
Bauhaus (pronounced vow-house) was more than an idea, it was a the beginning of the modernist movement.
German for “Building School” or “House of Building”, Bauhaus was an institution founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. The school’s founding and driving philosophy was that any design should have a direct relevance to what is deemed necessary by the society of that time.
It was truly a ‘form follows function’ approach.
As a natural follow-up to art, architecture and graphic design, the furniture design of the 20th century was truly impacted. The idea was pushed that furniture should not be elaborate, but consist of affordable, functional products. When it came to the actual design and construction, less was more and any decorative, bourgeois materials were swiftly rejected.
The Grid Bed by Fashion Bed Group is a modern example of the Bauhaus philosophy in action. The manipulation of the metal as well as the incorporation of spacing throughout creates an intriguing piece of furniture that is not overly adorned with ornamental elements.
The school of thought then began to incorporate innovative designs while keeping in line with the minimal materials approach.