Practice question · True or false
The Bauhaus rejected the machine in favour of hand craftsmanship.
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- Compare its programme with the Arts and Crafts position.
- It proposed designing for the machine so good design could be affordable.
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False
Why
False: that was the Arts and Crafts position, and the Bauhaus was in part a response to its failure. Designing for the machine was the answer to the contradiction that hand production had made good objects unaffordable to the people they were meant for.
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