Herbert Bayer
Recent articles about Herbert Bayer
Where was Weimar?
Issue 99, Autumn 2019
The era of the Weimar Republic, which emerged in Germany in the wake of the…
Weimar volumes
Issue 91, Spring 2016
The musical Cabaret gave a popular view of Berlin between the two world wars;…
The holiday of a lifetime
Issue 53, Autumn 2004
In 1936, Herbert Bayer was faced with a difficult brief: promoting the Third Reich
From object to observer
Issue 61, Autumn 2006
Exhibitions blend the complexities of architectural space with the narrative concerns of book design…
Electrifying the alphabet
Issue 62, Winter 2006
At the dawn of the computer age, new functions ushered in new forms for type design
Max Bittrof: visual engineer
Issue 9, Summer 1993
Max Bittrof was one of the leading German designers of the 1920s. Unlike many exponents of the New…
Recent blog posts by Herbert Bayer
Five strategies tabled in Eindhoven
27 October 2014
Van Abbemuseum throws new light on Jan van Toorn’s critical design practice
Homage exhibitions are inherently celebratory, writes Francisco Laranjo. However ‘Staging the Message: The Open Work of Jan van Toorn’, now at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands until 18 Jan 2015, offers a critical challenge to that tradition.
High-priced ephemera
26 September 2013
A unique version of Joost Schmidt’s iconic Bauhaus poster may reach a record price at auction. By Graham Twemlow
One year after its blockbuster sale ‘Posters with a Purpose: the London Transport Museum Sale’ (see ‘The purpose of posters’ on the Eye blog) Christie’s South Kensington are staging another one-off poster sale.
Big business, big world
11 July 2012
Herbert Bayer’s World Geo-Graphic Atlas, 1953 – infodesign in Eye 82
Long before multinational corporations discovered the usefulness of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in ameliorating a public relations disaster, companies such as the Container Corporation of America (CCA) were pursuing the profit motive with a socially aware ethos embedded in practice, writes Peter Brawne in Eye 82.