BERLIN: Bauhaus, the design school that left its mark on everything from teapots to tower blocks and iPhones to Ikea, marks its centenary this year, touching off a politically charged debate about its lasting impact. “Bauhaus is among our country’s most globally influential cultural exports,” President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said as he kicked off the celebrations this week. The design school, which also counts among its disciples Russian abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky and Swiss-born surrealist Paul Klee, had at its core the idea of making beautiful design accessible to all social classes. “There was of course great suffering and horror after this mendacious war, which had such unbelievably devastating consequences,” said Anke Bluemm, a curator with the Bauhaus Foundation in Weimar. It is undergoing a thorough restoration and will open to the public in May, furnished with Bauhaus classics.

Source: Pakistan Today January 19, 2019 12:00 UTC