Bauhaus and UO design

The conception of the Bauhaus and the inter-workings of the program have really inspired me. I think there is a lot to learn from it, which can be applied to the conception of the University of Oregon campus at the White Stag Building. First of all, the language of vision and installing the knowledge into the student that enables them to express their sentiments about theirs and others art and design. This is, I think, already being installed into our program, and has been taught during our under graduate work. Speaking for myself at least, I believe that we need to continue this education by critiquing and discussing our work as well as work that is being concepted. Secondly, the Bauhaus greatly valued the research into the concept and development of the art/design. The Bauhaus really stressed the standards of producing art and design to bring the art/design to a high level. While the Bauhaus stressed the importance of bringing students closer with economic problems of production, I want to go further by thoroughly critiquing the social issues and/or practical problems that we face with the integration of art and design.  Finally, I believe that, since the Bauhaus teachers were forced to wok on projects while they taught, it created a great way to expand their capacity for further educating the students. We as students of art and design not only need to focus on the issues regarding the BFA project, but must also focus on art and design problems that come up during the progression of our BFA, which then can manifest themselves into art and design pieces that can be shown with the BFA project. This would add more interest into the BFA project and take it to a higher level of researched and concepted design.