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Bauhaus Lab 2025: After modern brightness. Ecologies of light, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

Bauhaus Lab 2025: After modern brightness. Ecologies of light at Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

"Gegen Ende meiner Silberschmied-Ausbildung hatte ich begonnen, mich mit Lichtproblemen zu befassen", recalled the Swiss architect, designer and artist Max Bill in 1979, 'towards the end of my silversmith training I started to concern myself with problems of lighting', continuing, 'when I arrived at Bauhaus in the spring of 1927 I was impressed by the variety of Lichtträgern [light bearers] that alternated throughout the building according to functional needs'. In particular Bill's attention

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