Bauhaus
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CORE DEFINITION
A German design school of the early 20th century, whose core principles include 'form follows function', 'less is more', and 'truth to materials'. It emphasized the unity of art and technology, discarding superfluous decoration.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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Functionalist aesthetics. When making PPTs, writing documents, or designing products, if you fall into the anxiety of 'beautification', return to the Bauhaus: if an element has no functional purpose, delete it. Clarity and honesty are the highest form of beauty.
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The Bauhaus (founded by Gropius in 1919) advocated the 'new unity of art and technology': design should serve function, form is determined by function and the logic of materials, and decoration that does not serve a function is redundant. Its underlying principle is functionalism—'less is more', replacing ostentatious beautification with the most honest and clear structural expression.
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