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COOPER HEWITT is the nation’s only museum dedicated to historic and contemporary design, with a collection of over 210,000 design objects spanning thirty centuries. Located in the landmark Andrew Carnegie mansion and boasting a beautiful public garden, Cooper Hewitt makes design come alive with unique temporary exhibitions and installations of the permanent collection.
2 East 91st Street, New York, NY Hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Closed Thanksgiving and December 25
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HERBERT BAYER
(American, born Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985) was a student and teacher at the Bauhaus This famous German art and design school, which operated from 1919 to 1933, sought to integrate art, design, and daily life. At the Bauhaus, Bayer experimented with geometry , photomontage , and functional typography to help forge a new approach to graphic design. He applied Bauhaus theories of art and design to commercial practice and promoted the Bauhaus legacy to the public during a prolific career spanning over six decades and two continents.
As a student during the early years of the Bauhaus, Bayer utilized hand-drawn letters and basic geometry to create posters, postcards, and murals. In 1925, he became a “young master” at the Bauhaus and established a modernized print shop in the school’s new building in Dessau. Here, he deployed photography and machine-based printing to promote the school and its products, such as furniture, housewares, and wallpaper.
After leaving the Bauhaus in 1928, Bayer worked in Berlin and in 1938 he left Germany for New York City. He eventually moved to Aspen, Colorado, a town he helped transform into a thriving cultural center. In the United States, Bayer created information graphics, books, advertisements, exhibitions, architecture, and magazine layouts for diverse clients, and he pioneered the field of corporate design.
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PRINT, THE NEWS THAT'S NEVER READ 1939 herbert bayer PRINT, GREAT IDEAS OF WESTERN MAN FEATURING THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1958 herbert bayer PRINT, AIM HIGH! 1943 herbert bayer PRINTS
BOOK COVER, RAUM, ZEIT, ARCHITEKTUR (SPACE, TIME, ARCHITECTURE), 1965 1965
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COVERS
6MAGAZINE, BAUHAUS: ZEITSCHRIFT FUER BAU UND GESTALTUNG (JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN), YEAR 2, NO. 1 1928
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MAGAZINE COVER, PM, VOL. 6, NO. 2, DECEMBER 1939 1939
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CATALOG, AUSSTELLUNG WALTER GROPIUS: ZEICHNUNGEN, FOTOS, MODELLE (WALTER GROPIUS EXHIBITION: DRAWINGS, PHOTOS, MODELS)
1930 herbert bayer CATALOG, BAUHAUS BÜCHER (BAUHAUS BOOKS) 14 1928 herbert bayer CATALOG, KATALOG WOHNBEDARF (CATALOG OF GOODS FOR THE HOME)
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