Bauhaus Typography Essay bauhaus: innovators in typography & graphic designnestled between the two world wars, in a time of dramatic change and tenuous peace, there existed an arts and crafts institute in germany that had an influence on 20th century design like no other.the staatiliches bauhaus, meaning construction house, was founded in weimar by architect walter gropius in 1919, who sought to create a unity between the fine and applied arts by integrating them with modern technology and human ingenuity. gropius saw this combination of artistic and practical tuition as a way to build a modern, logical and ordered, society (department of photographs, 2004).suc