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Nature 439, 916 (23 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439916a; Published online 22 February 2006

Science in culture: Bauhaus at the zoo

Peder Anker1

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Modernist designers in the 1930s found inspiration in the life sciences.

In the mid 1930s, faculty members from the Bauhaus design school in Germany fled Nazi harassment and moved to London. Among them were the school's former director, Walter Gropius, and the head of its metal workshop, László Moholy-Nagy, whose art will be on display next month at the Tate Modern in London.