the fashion. the movement was the most influential school of design in the 20th century brought together. and designed with the idea of an integrated approach where full follows function it was originally conceived 100 years ago by the architect provides a goal as an experiment in education but it ended up having a huge influence on modern design even to this day now in this anniversary year a brand new bauhaus museum has just opened in germany. but dark cube which is not just there to liven up the desk sound town center it's designed to provide a bridge between the city and its powerhouse architecture. it was created by the spanish architects office at the end stringent functionality only becomes apparent on the inside to pylons at the front and back at our 50 meter bridge

without further supports. the $1500.00 square metres of museum space. they love there is plenty of room for a range of activities. for example this mobo color don't work by lucy raven it alludes to the color investigations carried out by bauhaus pioneers and to the transparency of powerhouse architecture. the work of art arena by rita mcbride has also found a place in the museum. up stirrers is the deaths how about house collection the museum does not limit itself to the bauhaus years but illuminates biographies that outlived the school itself the emphasis is on powerhouse as a place of experiment where things could be tried out.

as it was a concept concept for the exhibition doesn't concentrate on the masters and their design i can see but primarily on student works so here you can see how things were created where the process is and who collaborated. by. using pairs of artists as illustrations the exhibition tells the story of teaching last flow more knowledge and bearing on a brand whose mettle vessels are in great demand today. the 2 artists are highlighted here. lights. this is a rare replica of the home carrying artists like to modulate it was all about the senses and the elements painting with light touch how do you must feel and what could a new human look like here figures by oscar sram a half man half machine and the statement of the problem of official intelligence

with its focus on teaching the exhibition wants to show that bauhaus is still relevant today. indeed it is my colleague margaret kruger joins me now now looks very nice museum lots of bio has designs but it's also got contemporary modern art that was bad because ours was all always about moving forward never standing still and at the bow school it was all about experimenting and thinking things new . so and when we look at the architecture they're in death so. fresh and modern the business for example. see them the right now. price and more than the same for the settlement in the town it's not all facial at all and even the old job sense of from the late twenty's it's more frankly more than that all the building from today it does look as though it could be built last year did not

know about this was funded founded in weimar which was so shit with cultural greats like gutter and shell. but why is the museum in decimo. because the boat was experienced in death so it's absolute has a date it was based on by mail for just 6 years and then the government decided to reduce the funding for the bow school and the members for the politician that was just a crazy wild colorful goal the 1st direct opponent in by a school bought something that it's to bring some of the greatest artists together really convince people clearly on the finding of here they created penny having ideas not only from design graphics but also experimental downs. like the tree yeah this is by let you always see it because he can also see the language forms in decile it was just possible to continue the successful and

innovative fork and briefly when they got real problems but later in $134.00 when the nasa was going to power yes that the nazis forced them to close the school and the memos and the teaches had to find just they always so they moved to lots of countries in the world and it was just an inspiration and it's ok it's clear is now i mean you could walk down the streets anywhere and she was finally able. micah thanks very much for joining us the time is all about our house which is sort of radiance 100th anniversary this year. now it's time for meet the germans where all reporter rachel stewart investigates the traits and idiosyncrasies of germans anyone who wants to have a german passport has to take a citizenship test and having done so myself i should just say that rachel's version coming up is not quite the real citizenship test

a little bit of poetic license by her here to show you what you really need to know to fit in in germany. for a concert i'm going to fast that is that. how do you wish them luck in german again . it took the dollars. question one which values should you live by as a german the hour shall grumble. shalt be brutally honest. your rooms regularly. question 2 you're going to spend the typical german weekend 1st up breakfast which of the following items do not belong on the table. slices me

toast bread well it's frowned upon much better to have some fresh bread roll. down . usually. baked. with milk. i don't know what they're missing what should you be doing at 8 15 pm on a sunday platter of eyes this one every sunday at 8 15 pm i'll sit down in front of my t.v. to watch the german cult crime show taught. to think they can tell that i don't actually like top off ok next imagine you come to a pedestrian crossing. and the red man is showing there's not a single car in sight so what do you do they cross the road be wait for the green man i've made that mistake before even got caught by the police and had to pay a fine. every good german knows you do not disobey the red man. platinum card. the legendary german supermarket test ok no

chitchat with the cashier there's not going to be much space to park and there's going to be lots of people muttering behind you speed is the name of the game after plots are fair out to north. so they could. last one turn over the page and stare at it for one minute without crying. yes. what's this points will be deducted for incorrectly marked on says the germans the tech. went like that the results 10 weeks i love german bureaucracy.

now the iconic fashion designer karl lagerfeld who died earlier this year was also an accomplished photographer he took up photography in the $99.00 he's moving behind the lens at 1st to shoot his own fashion campaigns but then moving on to create jobs with his photos an exhibition of his work has just opened in a museum now hamburg curated by his friend and publisher. picture that looks painted but is actually a photo you have to get very close to see how it's done for karl lagerfeld no effort was too big when it came to getting the perfect shot. to go once he said to me while taking a picture you know where the light comes from in my stupidity of course i said no to be honest not really look at the meanest paintings he said so i did and when we

were back in paris he put a book from his library in my hand about setting lights in the paintings of the media. and in order to achieve the same effect he skillfully lit his celebrity backdrops with artificial light lagerfeld particularly liked to reinterpret works by well known painters here he was inspired by the american artist edward hopper for 25 years published i'd care hard dives all exclusively printed all of lagerfeld photographic work and published more than 100 books with him close working relationship and friendship lagerfeld liked to send faxes at 5 in the morning. half past 5 you would call and say have you read the facts yet i'd say yes of course and then he would get irritated and say well please comment right away so we can work together more swiftly. being in front of large lens

was something special even for top models like kate moss and helena christensen muse french male model but coney is only present in the exhibition. betty says that worked in a helicopter factory as a mechanic and he somehow got to know who loved her. he understood instinctively how the flaunts had to unfold for a shoot. so i was lucky found was so taken with but jeez that she dedicated a whole volume just to him while but she's moved in the throes of ecstasy the dog felt took countless photos of the shots have the only group in the exhibition. karl lagerfeld was a visionary who liked to take things into his own hands when partners demanded to date picture of him he shoots himself with a timer that way he could be sure perfection. a

perfectionist indeed there are many more stories from the world of arts and culture on our website of course d.w. dot com slash culture well that's all for this edition thanks for watching and join us at the same time tomorrow if you can but for now.

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