‘Research in Development of Universal Type’ by Herbert Bayer, 1927. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Examples of Bauhaus Graphic Design That Shaped the Movement

The Bauhaus archive launched by Harvard Art Museums is a treasure trove of type + print

By Madeleine Morley

Bauhaus design’s impact on today’s graphics is hard to overestimate. Associated with primary colors, thick straight lines slashing across white space, and that emphatically…