New York : Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, c1993.
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Part of the series Design writing research monograph;Design writing research monograph.
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- First published in the USA in 1991 to accompany the exhibition ‘The ABCs of [triangle square circle] : the Bauhaus and design theory, from preschool to post-modernism –Colophon.
- Bracketed words in title are represented by geometric shapes.
- Traces the origins and impact of the Bauhaus in relation to basic design, graphic design and typography … Essays address various aspects of the Bauhaus, including its relationship to Weimar culture, Herbert Bayer’s geometric type design called ‘universal, ‘ and the semiotic implications of Kandinsky’s celebrated attempt to establish fundamental laws of form and colour with his ‘triangle/square/circle’ test –Publisher description.
- The ABCs of [triangle square circle] : the Bauhaus and design theory / Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller — Elementary school / J. Abbot Miller — Visual dictionary / Ellen Lupton — The birth of Weimar / Tori Egherman — Herbert Bayer’s universal type in its historical contexts / Mike Mills — Appendix. The gender of the universal / Mike Mills — [Triangle square circle] : a psychological test — [Triangle] and [circle] to [square] : psychoanalysis and geometry / Julia Reinhard Lupton and Kenneth Reinhard — Design in N-dimensions / Alan Wolf — Beyond [triangle square circle] : fractal geometry / Alan Wolf.
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