The year 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, a revolutionary art school started by the German architect Walter Gropius which, despite the fact that it was short-lived (1919-1933), would greatly influence the development of modern art and design. The artists associated with the Bauhaus (such as Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy) sought to completely redefine art, by uniting different artistic disciplines and focusing on craft and functionality. These ideals were translated into colourful geometric abstraction and stripped-back designs. However, the School’s reimagining of the world did not stop at art: the Bauhaus designed for a new, modern kind of person. Through rare photographs from our archive, we find out more about the community at the Bauhaus, and its vision for modern life.