The Bauhaus Design showed simplicity with emphasis on straight edges and smooth, slim forms. The aim was to take advantage of the possibilities of mass production to achieve a style of design that was both functional and aesthetic. Objects were to be designed to have "simplicity, multiplicity, economical use of space, material, time and money which looks as modern as anything in production today. I agree with Bauhaus that the machine is an extension of the hand. This is where the thought that the house or building structure becomes then a machine for living.
I agree with this interdisciplinary nature of Bauhaus training and design practice, as well as the connection that was made between craftsmanship and artistic production, functionalism and creativity. This is a basic turn of technology on art and a confrontation between “individualism” and “standardism.” I gather that this was originally hard to digest because in previous architecture, creativity ruled over technology. This generally goes back to economics—supply and demand. The demand for larger buildings that can accommodate new advances in technology calls