The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an idea—the school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that followed. Visually arresting illustrations and engaging texts place the novel's protagonist squarely in the middle of the twentieth-century debate on the relationship between technology and culture.

The novel is divided into three chapters that trace the evolution of the Bauhaus, as its center moved across Germany—from Weimar to Dessau to Berlin—an d as its philosophy responded to this economically, politically and intellectually highly charged era in Europe. Sergio Varbella's inventive drawings bring to life the theories of founder Walter Gropius, as well as the basic design ideals of unity and equity. Valentina Grande's thoughtful texts highlight crucial moments within the movement's history and in the lives of principal figures such as Klee, Kandinsky, Albers, and Mies van der Rohe. The perfect introduction to a radical but highly influential chapter in the history of design, this novel shows how the Bauhaus school broke down barriers and built up ideals that are still applied today.

这部非凡的图画小说的主角不是一个人，而是一个理念——包豪斯学派，它产生于**次世界大战之后，并成为后来几乎所有前卫艺术运动的基本参考点。引人注目的插图和引人入胜的文字将小说的主人公置于二十世纪关于技术和文化之间关系的辩论之中。

小说分为三个章节，追溯了包豪斯的发展历程，其中心在德国各地移动，从魏玛到德绍再到柏林，以及其哲学对欧洲这个在经济、政治和智力上高度紧张的时代的回应。塞尔吉奥·瓦尔贝拉（Sergio Varbella）别出心裁的图画生动呈现了创始人沃尔特·格罗皮乌斯（Walter Gropius）的理论以及统一和公平的基本设计理念。瓦伦蒂娜·格兰德（Valentina Grande）深思熟虑的文字强调了该运动历史上的关键时刻以及主要人物如克利（Klee）、康定斯基（Kandinsky）、阿尔贝斯（Albers）和密斯·凡德罗（Mies van der Rohe）的生活。这部小说切实介绍了设计史上一个激进但**影响力的篇章，展示了包豪斯学派如何打破障碍，建立起至今仍在应用的理念。