The Bauhaus and the beauty of useful things
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Event Details
Date
Monday, June 29, 2026
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
We usually keep beauty and usefulness in separate rooms--beauty for the gallery, usefulness for the workshop. A century ago, the Bauhaus bet they belonged together: design honestly around function, it promised, and beauty would follow. We welcome philosopher Phil Mack to discuss whether that bet paid off.
Using the idea of "functional beauty" and a few famous Bauhaus objects, this is a philosopher's take, made for the designers, developers, and writers who build the things the rest of us use.
Using the idea of "functional beauty" and a few famous Bauhaus objects, this is a philosopher's take, made for the designers, developers, and writers who build the things the rest of us use.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email leah.bowers@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Monday, June 15, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.