# ZACK.HAUS — German Design Archive

> An archive operated by B Sign Co., Ltd. (zack.haus) that systematically explains 100 years of German design history. A 35-part series tracing how the philosophy of functional beauty was born and passed down to the present day, focusing on Bauhaus, Ulm School of Design, and Dieter Rams.

## Prehistory – The fertile ground for the Bauhaus

- [What is the Deutscher Werkbund?](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/werkbund)
- [The turnaround of "Made in Germany"](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/made-in-germany)
- [When the Arts and Crafts Movement came to Germany](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/arts-and-crafts)

## Bauhaus (1919–1933)

- [What is the Bauhaus?](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/bauhaus-intro)
- [Gropius's dream of "Gesamtkunstwerk"](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/gropius-gesamtkunstwerk)
- [The Bauhaus metal workshop revolution](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/bauhaus-metal-workshop)
- [Marianne Brandt](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/marianne-brandt)
- [Bauhaus material experiments](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/bauhaus-materials)
- [Nazism and the Bauhaus](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/bauhaus-nazism)
- [The American diaspora of the Bauhaus](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/bauhaus-diaspora)
- [Why Klee and Kandinsky were at the Bauhaus](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/bauhaus-klee-kandinsky)
- [Bauhaus and Soviet Constructivism](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/bauhaus-constructivism)
- [What the Bauhaus left behind](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/bauhaus-legacy)

## Ulm School of Design (1953–1968)

- [What is the Ulm School of Design?](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/ulm-intro)
- [Max Bill and Swiss Design Philosophy](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/max-bill-swiss-design)
- [The encounter between Hans Gugelot and Braun](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/gugelot-braun)
- [Why the Ulm School of Design closed](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/ulm-closure)
- [From Ulm to Apple](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/ulm-to-apple)

## Dieter Rams and Functionalism

- [Who is Dieter Rams?](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/dieter-rams-intro)
- [Principle 1: Good design is innovative](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-01-innovative)
- [Principle 2: Good design makes a product useful](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-02-useful)
- [Principle 3: Good design is aesthetic](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-03-aesthetic)
- [Principle 4: Good design makes a product understandable](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-04-understandable)
- [Principle 5: Good design is unobtrusive](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-05-unobtrusive)
- [Principle 6: Good design is honest](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-06-honest)
- [Principle 7: Good design is long-lasting](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-07-long-lasting)
- [Principle 8: Good design is thorough down to the last detail](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-08-thorough)
- [Principle 9: Good design is environmentally friendly](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-09-environmental)
- [Principle 10: Good design is as little design as possible](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-principle-10-less-design)
- [Rams and Jony Ive](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/rams-and-jony-ive)

## German Manufacturing Philosophy

- [What is DIN standard?](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/din-regulations)
- [Why the iF Design Award was born in Hanover](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/if-design-award)
- [The establishment of the Red Dot Award](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/red-dot-award)
- [German and Japanese Design Aesthetics](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/japan-germany-design)
- [What ZACK inherits](https://zack.haus/blogs/germandesign/zack-heritage)