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Between Chairs. Design Pedagogies in transcultural Dialogue
Bauhaus Paperback 22
Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

136 pp.
with 43 black-white and colour illustrations,
softcover



Leipzig / Dessau February, 2018
ISBN: 9783959051965
Edition Number: 1

Width: 10.6 cm
Length: 14.6 cm

Language(s): English

Editor
Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

Design Concept
Anne Meyer, HORT

Text
Regina Bittner, Bauhaus Lab 2017

The postgraduate research programme Bauhaus Lab took the India Lounge or 24/42 Chair as the starting point for a study of transcultural design discourses between the Ulm School of Design (1953 – 1968) and the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad (founded in 1961). Although the original chair unfortunately went missing, what has been discovered extends far beyond its materiality. The researchers uncovered people, networks, and advanced educational theories that paint a detailed picture of the transcultural landscape of the 1960s. The chair symbolizes the vibrant international debates about what constitutes a socially responsible designer, as well as the radical pedagogies of the two design schools associated with it.

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