Symposium
Fokus Bauhaus Symposium:
Bauhaus and Nordic Design

Symposium

FRI 13.09.2019, 12 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12:00 PM - 18:00 Design Museum

What is the meaning of Bauhaus in the Nordic countries and how does it relate to Nordic design and architecture today? Is there a mutual philosophy and a shared history or should we see them as separate worlds? These questions will be dealt in this one-day symposium that will be organized at the Design Museum Helsinki.

Just like Nordic Design, the term Bauhaus indicates modern, functional and democratic design. The centennial of the German art school Bauhaus (1919–33) gives an opportunity to look at this link closer and search for influences, parallels and differences.

The symposium is part of the program for the Fokus Bauhaus (23.8.2019-2.2.2020) intervention exhibition in the Design Museum’s permanent collection exhibition Utopia Now – The Story of Finnish Design.
The curators of the exhibition are Julia Meer from Berlin and Julia Kartesalo from Helsinki.

Fokus Bauhaus Symposium will be organized jointly by Design Museum Helsinki and the Museum of Finnish Architecture with support from the Goethe-Institut Finnland and Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse.