{"id":11882,"date":"2019-01-29T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T23:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?page_id=11882"},"modified":"2021-10-21T20:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:45:56","slug":"two-degrees-of-bauhaus-bacon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/two-degrees-of-bauhaus-bacon","title":{"rendered":"Two Degrees of Bauhaus"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAUHAUS, the famous German school that disbanded due to Nazi harassment, marked its centennial year in 2019. As much as I\u2019ve been tempted, there\u2019s no way I can downplay the significance of how its teachings have been embedded in my life as a graphic artist. In keeping with the popular Six Degrees<\/em><\/a> method, I get a kick out of plotting my \u201ctwo degrees of separation\u201d from the legendary institution.<\/p>\n

As a callow youth, I studied under and was branded by the powerful pedagogy of Professor Gordon Salchow during its embryonic period. Throughout his long tenure at the University of Cincinnati, Salchow would perfect his curriculum and become one of the most seminal graphic design educators in America. He had been at Yale University with the renown Bauhaus theorist Josef Albers.<\/p>\n

My first professional position after graduation was offered to me by Bruce Beck, the influential Chicago graphic designer, typographer, and printing craftsman. When Beck was at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, he was a student of La\u0301szlo\u0301 Moholy-Nagy, another leading Bauhaus faculty member.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never made a secret of how I tended to resist what each of these mentors wanted me to learn. Nevertheless, close exposure to their mutual example of focus, dedication, and professional enthusiasm made a deep mark on me as a creative person. How much of that transfusion is rooted in the Bauhaus philosophy of design education is not possible for me to unravel. I\u2019ve come to accept it as part of the hidden logic of an artistic trajectory. As a result, my regard for these four individuals has sharpened over the years, and my \u201cdouble dose of Bauhaus\u201d is something I look back on with satisfaction and just a bit of pride.
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My \u201cTwo Degrees of Bauhaus Bacon\u201d is a dual path:
\nAlbers to Salchow and Moholy-Nagy to Beck. So be it.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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