In this wonderful collection of essays, virtuoso designer Max Bill (1908-1994) explores overlapping disciplinary boundaries to interrogate form, function and beauty and address some of the challenges of contemporary design.

A product of the Bauhaus at Dessau, Bill’s work encompassed architecture, painting, sculpture, industrial and graphic design, as well as education. What unites all of his work is a clarity and precision of expression. Through both his designs and his writings, Bill has long been a major figure of reference in the German-speaking world. This collection makes many of his key texts available in English for the first time.

Selected writings of Max Bill – this collection makes many of his key texts available in English for the first time.Max Bill (1904-1994) – a product of the Bauhaus at Dessau, pupil of Walter Gropius, Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee – was a virtuoso designer whose work leaped over disciplinary boundaries, encompassing architecture, painting, sculpture, industrial and graphic design, as well as education. What unites all the work is a clarity and precision of expression. Through both his designs and his writings Max Bill has long been a major figure of reference in the German-speaking world. This collection makes many of his key texts available in English for the first time.

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