Est. 2019
Dessau / New York
Term 03 — Autumn 2026
52.8017° N, 12.2324° E

FORM & FUNCTION

A working academy and rotating exhibition space where the principles of modernism are taught, debated, and put on the wall.

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Now showing — Three Primary Colors, One Discipline · through 14 Feb 2027
§ 01 — Curriculum

Four disciplines. One grammar.

Each course isolates a single element of the modernist vocabulary. Mastery is demonstrated by restraint — the ability to remove everything that is not load-bearing.

Typography

8 weeks · Studio I

The grid as morality: setting text that earns its place on the page.

Instructor

Hanna Reuss

Former typographer, Lars Müller Publishers

Color Theory

6 weeks · Studio II

Three primaries, infinite discipline. Itten's wheel, put to work.

Instructor

Marek Albers

Color lead, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin

3D Form

10 weeks · Workshop

From paper to steel — material honesty and the constructed object.

Instructor

Greta Vordemann

Sculptor; exhibited at Vitra Design Museum

Composition

12 weeks · Atelier

Asymmetry, tension, balance — the page as a constructed field.

Instructor

Jonas Bayer

Co-founder, Werkstatt für Grafik

Hover a card — the inversion is the lesson.

See full syllabus
§ 02 — On the wall

Current exhibition

Three Primary
Colors, One
Discipline.

Dates

02 Oct 2026 — 14 Feb 2027

Curator

Anneliese Klee

Senior curator, 14 yrs

Venue

Hall A · Dessau

Admission

€8 / Free for students

Forty-two works on loan from the Bauhaus-Archiv and three private estates, assembled to argue a single point: that red, yellow, and blue are not decoration but a method.

Concentric Study in Red, a chromatic investigation by Vera Möller

Concentric Study in Red

Vera Möller · Oil on board · 1968

Untitled (Yellow Triangle), a constructed composition by Hans Schleger

Untitled (Yellow Triangle)

Hans Schleger · Gouache on paper · 1972

§ 03 — Manifesto

Three principles, set in order.

  1. 01

    Form follows function. The page must do its work before it asks to be admired.

  2. 02

    Three primaries are enough. Discipline is not a limitation; it is the medium.

  3. 03

    The grid is a moral position. Everything in its place — or remove it.

§ 04 — Enrollment

Apply for
the next intake.

A cohort of 24. Studio access five days a week. No prior portfolio required — only evidence of looking carefully.

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Next intake
06 January 2027 · Term 04
Tuition range
€4,800 – €6,400 per term (sliding scale; need-based aid available)
Application deadline
15 November 2026, 23:59 CET
Open house
Next: Sat 06 Sep 2026, 14:00–17:00, Hall A, Dessau (first Saturday monthly)
Format
In-residence, 16 weeks · part-time track available
Language
English (German studio support)