In the 1920s the Masters' Houses in Dessau – with their furniture from the Bauhaus workshops – were showcases of modern home decor. Today, they are historic architectural monuments. This is about to change. Bauhaus Dessau Foundation plans a residence programme for artists in the Masters' Houses for next year. For this purpose, though, they have to be habitable.
"We want to use the Masters' Houses in their original sense, namely as living and working place for creative minds. The conscious design of the interior is closely linked to this. It is a great challenge for this year's designers in residence of the IKEA Bauhaussommer (Bauhaus summer)," says the director of Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Claudia Perren.
The international participants still work until 31st October 2015 in teams of two. On 4 September they will present their works at the Bauhaus; the final presentation will take place on 29 October. The IKEA Bauhaussommer also includes a summer workshop of ten days for students from all over the world. 26 participants have been elected from 150 applications; they can work from 10 until 21 August at the Bauhaus and show their work in public on the last day of the workshop.
The aim of the cooperation between Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and IKEA Foundation is to introduce young persons to creativity. They plan to extend the collaboration in the next years and to include adolescents.
For further information and the whole programme of the IKEA Bauhaussommer, please visit Bauhaus Dessau Foundation.