Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
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 Viewbook, 1995
Materials created for graduate admissions at the Institute of Design, contains viewbook from 1994/1995.
James S. Montague papers, 1948-1994
Materials concerning the Institute of Design collected by James S. Montague during his tenure as a faculty member and director of the school. The collection includes special publications, historical items, documents and communications, and mainly printed ephemera and publications by the Institute of Design.
Janet Nickle collection, 1944-2002
Jay Doblin papers, 1946-1988
John Grimes photograph, 1999
Color photograph (6¾ x 9¼") of the former Institute of Design building located at LaSalle and Kinzie Streets, Chicago, taken in 1999 by John Grimes using a digital camera and printed on an ink jet printer. The photograph is signed and dated on back.
Kay Burnett papers, 1997-2007
Student work of Kay Burnett, Institute of Design alumna.
Letter, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to Frederick J. Kiesler, 1944
Three paragraph letter dated Dec. 15, 1944 from Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to Frederick J. Kiesler expressing regrets that he (Kiesler) "Cannot come now" and inviting him to come in May. Context of the invitation is unknown. NOTE: Per an inquiry in July 2004 from Harald Krejci of the Kiesler Foundation in Vienna, Kiesler was invited for a lecture on his theory "biotechniques and correalism" in the 1930s or 1940s. The letter probably refers to that lecture invitation.
Listenings collection, 1956-1963
Mary Jane King collection, 1948-1971
Mary Jane King posters, 1948-1971
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