https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/09/29/how-bauhaus-arrived-at-your-house/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 03:23:10 -0400<![CDATA[After escaping from Dessau Germany in the mid-1920s, (with a little assist from America&#8217;s Philip Johnson), it apparently established a toehold in the kitchen at some point in the 1930s, as James Lileks illustrates in the latest addition to his sprawling Website. Overall, a number of the designs (more &#8220;moderne&#8221; than Bauhaus-style modern, to be fully accurate) seem remarkably fresh, even 70 years later. But the busy patterns on the linoleum floor covering (then considered a surprisingly breakthrough product) are pretty frightening. Or as James writes:]]>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:56:16 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/09/29/how-bauhaus-arrived-at-your-house-n250169