Bauhaus Dessau Foundation

The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to research and teaching in the field of experimental design.

Its staff includes architects, town planners, sociologists, cultural scientists, artists, and art historians.

In 1986, the GDR celebrated the reopening of the Bauhaus as a "Centre for Design", tied with eastern Germany's department of building.

As one of the cultural beacons in the new federal states, it is committed to conserving, researching and passing on the Bauhaus legacy, while also finding solutions to the problems of designing today's living environment.

With its three sections – Collection, Workshop and Academy – the foundation addresses contemporary urban challenges, explores options for the future and develops stimuli for architecture, design and the performing arts.

In Dessau, yearly, the birthplace of Modernism attracts 100,000 visitors from around the world, discover the spirit of the influential School of Design for themselves.