tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32047588061203556222009-04-24T02:57:20.000-07:00AADA founderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17542451932854153965noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204758806120355622.post-50442952884946294822007-01-10T03:36:00.000-08:002007-01-10T05:15:10.986-08:00<span style="font-size:85%;">In German the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Bauhaus Movement</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> emerged from an art school named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus">The Bauhaus school</a>; It had a profound impact on the development of Design and Architecture in the twentieth century. It was truly avant-garde in it’s techniques and ideas. Its practice spread through Europe and made a major impact in the US, introducing the world to the amazing sky scrappers.<br /><br />Its truly hard to imagine that the Bauhaus school, was forced to shut its doors in only 14 years of its existance.<br /><br />The Legacy that it left is a movement in architecture and design that put Germany on the design map forever.<br /><br />The African Automotive Design Association or "<a href="http://aada.50webs.com/">AADA</a>", defines its self as a community / group / assembly, of Automotive designers, Artists, Architects, craft persons, students and enthusiasts, who seek to promote Africa's rich culture and heritage through the study of Automotive design.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >AADA</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> is the first African Automotive design association of its kind.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >AADA</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> has a philosophy it employs and reads as follows:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >" WE NEED A CAR THAT LOOKS, FEELS AND BREATH AFRICA"</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >AADA</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> wants to influence the Automotive Design industry by introducing a brand new design language / style / identity / movement that is truly African.<br /><br />The Bauhaus School is a major influence to the formation of the AADA.<br /><br />The power of the internet has and will continue to provide a platform for the AADA to present its progressive findings and developments to the world.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3204758806120355622-5044295288494629482?l=africanautomotivedesign.blogspot.com'/></div>AADA founderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17542451932854153965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204758806120355622.post-63424675399661635772007-01-09T04:37:00.000-08:002007-01-09T05:09:39.334-08:00Welcome to the beginnings of a new design movement, in the dynamic field of Automotive design. <br /><br />Welcome to The "African Automotive Design Association"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3204758806120355622-6342467539966163577?l=africanautomotivedesign.blogspot.com'/></div>AADA founderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17542451932854153965noreply@blogger.com1