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Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design

 Organization

Biography

The Institute of Design was established in 1939 by László Moholy-Nagy as the School of Design in Chicago. Moholy-Nagy was one of the early masters of the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, Germany. In 1937, a group of Chicago business people representing the Association of Arts and Industries enticed Moholy to come to Chicago from London with their offer to establish a school to carry on the work of the original Bauhaus. The New Bauhaus: American School of Design opened its doors in October 1937, in the remodeled former Marshall Field mansion at 1905 South Prairie Avenue. From the venue of the New Bauhaus in Chicago, Moholy-Nagy championed Bauhaus methods even as he adapted them in his creative output of paintings, photographs, sculptures, photograms, and films as well as in professional design assignments undertaken for private industry and government, and in developing course curricula for the school's classes. The school closed a year later due to a lack of funding, but in February, 1939, László Moholy-Nagy opened his own school, the School of Design in Chicago. Its first campus was at 247 East Ontario Street. In 1944 the school was reorganized as the Institute of Design in Chicago (ID).

In November, 1946, Moholy-Nagy died of leukemia, and was succeeded as director by the architect, Serge Chermayeff. Vision in Motion, the definitive statement of Moholy's educational philosophy, was published posthumously in 1947. In 1949, the Institute of Design merged with Illinois Institute of Technology and the school initially remained at its downtown location. In 1955, it moved into S. R. Crown Hall, the building Mies van der Rohe had designed for IIT's architecture program, which he headed. Today, the Institute of Design is an integral part of IIT, offering a graduate level program and functioning as a college of the university.

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Institute of Design posters, 1969-1987

 Collection
Identifier: 008.03.02
Description of the Collection

Two posters related to the Institute of Design: 50 Years Bauhaus, 1969 (2 copies); Institute of Design 50th Anniversary, 1937. The latter piece is mounted and signed by Ivan Chermayeff, who is possibly the designer.

Dates: 1969-1987

Institute of Design printed material, 1955-2020

 Collection
Identifier: 008.09.04
Description of the Collection Collection of miscellaneous materials relating to the Institute of Design. Consists primarily of printed materials produced as mailings, program announcements, etc. Also to be found in this collection, a photocopy of "Student Independent 3" being described as "10 mounted photographs with introduction by Frederick Sommer, and photos by Ray Metzker, Joseph Jackna, Joseph Sterling, Don Seiden, Charles Swedlund, Robert Tanner, Paul Zakoian (and others?); portfolio design by Gus Methe". Portfolio...
Dates: 1955-2020

Institute of Design recordings, 1920-1944

 Collection
Identifier: 008.10.04
Abstract Comments by Hattula Moholy-Nagy in 2007 regarding these recordings describes them as being "of considerable importance and interest to scholars of the Institute of Design and Moholy's cinematic works. Numbers 1, 2, and 4 were used in teaching. Moholy's integration of 'new' literature into the ID curriculum is set forth in Vision in Motion, pp. 292-357. Number 3 is especially informative, because it proves that Moholy showed his most famous film, Ein Lichtspiel schwarz...
Dates: 1920-1944

Institute of Design records, 1937-1981

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.02
Description of the Collection

Materials created by the Illinois Institute of Technology Registrar's Office to help track and convert course credits taken by Institute of Design students prior to the school's 1949 merger with IIT. The collection includes a few items created by ID before the merger, saved as samples to aid in the conversion.

Dates: 1937-1981; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

 Collection
Identifier: 008.01.01
Abstract This collection documents the activities of Institute of Design and its predecessor schools, ca. 1937 to ca. 1955. It encompasses the academic and creative materials of the New Bauhaus, Chicago School of Design, and the Institute of Design. The collection includes academic catalogues, class and school activities announcements, biographical materials on faculty and students, examples of artistic works, exhibit catalogues and announcements of student, alumni professional activities,...
Dates: 1937-1962

Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

 Collection
Identifier: 008.01.02
Abstract This collection is one of three primary collections which document the activities of Institute of Design, IIT's School of Design. The three collections represent official records of the school created and saved as administrative records of the school. The three collections are Acc. No. 1998.031, Acc. No. 2005.017, and Record Group 6.2. __The Record Group number 6.1 has been reserved for collection 1998.031 pending its re-cataloguing with that number. Acc. No. 2005.017 (which is not yet fully...
Dates: 1942-2001; Majority of material found within 1957-2001

Institute of Design records, 1955-1998

 Collection
Identifier: 008.05.03
Description of the Collection

Two folders of printed materials and correspondence related to development activities of Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology. Includes letter signed by Ansel Adams and correspondence about donation of drinking straws for "straw construction project."

Dates: 1955-1998

Institute of Design records, ca. 1960-1990

 Collection
Identifier: 008.01.03
Abstract This collection is one of three primary collections which document the activities of Institute of Design, IIT's School of Design. The three collections represents official records of the school created and saved as administrative records of the school. The three collections are Acc. No. 1998.031, Acc. No. 2005.017, and Record Group 6.2. __The Record Group number 6.1 has been reserved for collection 1998.031 pending its re-cataloguing with that number. Acc. No. 2005.017 (which is not yet...
Dates: 1960-1990

Institute of Design site photographs, 2000

 Collection
Identifier: 008.10.02
Description of the Collection Five 8½ x 11" color laser images (made from 35mm Kodachrome slides) of Chicago architecture and markers related to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and the Institute of Design. The photos were taken in October 2000 by Hattula Moholy-Nagy. The images include: 247 E. Ontario St. building, which held the School of Design from 1939-1945. The school was located on the second floor. 632 N....
Dates: 2000

Institute of Design t-shirt, 2004

 Collection
Identifier: 008.05.04
Description of the Collection

White t-shirt produced by Institute of Design (Chicago) with graphic design in red, blue, yellow, and black on front. The artwork is by Andreas Hug, a 1994 graduate of the school and reads "Institute of Design/Illinois Institute of Technology" on the back.

Dates: 2004

Additional filters:

Record Type
Collection 45
Archival Component 5
 
Subject
Design 5
Photography 5
Modernism (Art) 4
College buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Institute of Design -- Curricula 3
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Product design 3
Universities and colleges--Graduate work 3
Art--Study and teaching 2
Bauhaus 2
Commencement ceremonies 2
Education--Curricula 2
Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design -- Faculty 2
Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design -- Students 2
Industrial design 2
Photography, Artistic 2
Student publications 2
Universities and colleges--Faculty 2
Abstract impressionism 1
Anniversaries 1
Architecture students 1
Architecture, Domestic 1
Art portfolios 1
Art, Abstract 1
Art--Exhibitions 1
Book design 1
Branding (Marketing) 1
Brochures 1
Campus planning 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc 1
Class reunions 1
College buildings 1
College campuses -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
College students 1
College students--Recruiting 1
Competitions 1
Dadaist poetry 1
Dedication services 1
Design and construction 1
Directories 1
Exhibitions 1
Fund raising 1
Global warming 1
Graphic design (Typography) 1
Historic sites 1
Historic sites -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Illinois Institute of Technology -- Administration 1
Illinois Institute of Technology -- Alumni and alumnae 1
Illinois Institute of Technology -- Faculty 1
Illinois Institute of Technology -- Students 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
Methodology 1
Motion pictures 1
Museum exhibits -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Oral histories 1
Photographs 1
Poetry 1
Project PHOENIX 1
Records (Documents) 1
Serial publications 1
Street life -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Structural design 1
Students--Social life and customs 1
System design 1
Technological innovations 1
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae 1
Universities and colleges--Mergers 1
Urban transportation -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
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