Two schools set the direction of design education in the 20th century: Germany’s Bauhaus and the Soviet Union’s VKhUTEMAS, the Russian acronym for the Moscow-based Higher Art and Technical Studios. While any reference to the Bauhaus is immediately understood anywhere in the world, mention of VKhUTEMAS often goes unrecognized, even in Russia.
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