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This history traces the origins and impact of the Bauhaus in relation to design, graphic design and typography. It invokes the Bauhaus ideal of synthesizing editorial concept, typography and format. The essays address such issues as modernist design theory in relation to the 19th-century kindergarten movememnt and Bauhaus graphic design in relation to the idea of a universal "language" of vision. Additional essays address psychoanalysis, fractal geometry and Weimar culture.NER(01): US