Exhibition: Ulm School of Design

So, I went for this exhibition at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath today. It’s called “ulm: method and design/ulm: school of design” and is being organised by Max Mueller Bhavan/Goethe Instut Bangalore (read about it on their website here).

I was expecting it to be more about design with lots of interesting visuals to look at, but it’s actually about the rise and fall of the design school itself, with some interesting black and white photos from the 50s and 60s.

Here are some photos I took from my camera phone (please excuse the quality):

Some of the textual content on the larger boards is laid out a bit funny, so it could take you a while to understand the chronology. Not very user-friendly for a design exhibit, if I may add.

The 3D exhibits of actual assignments by students at the school were rather interesting, like this model of the precursor to today’s minivan above. Or these experiments in physical geometry below.

Overall, the exhibition was pretty lack-lustre. If you do find yourself in the area though and have time to kill, go for it. It might just give you some valuable insight into the field of design education from half a decade ago.

The exhibition is on till March 28, 2010 from 10.30 am to 7.30 pm daily.

Venue: Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Kumara Krupa Road, Kumara Park West, Bangalore 560001.