Unit One

Although only active from 1933-35, The Unit One show at The Mayor Gallery, London, and the accompanying Bauhaus design inspired publication, had a lasting impact on the development of the British modernist movement in art and architecture. Formed by Paul Nash, the group aimed to encourage new experimentation in all art forms, supporting the emerging trends of non-figurative and abstract art. By 1935, many of the group's members would have joined new collectives such as Abstract-Creation, but the importance of Unit One's first steps towards changing Britain's institutional art framework and the championing of Architecture as an art form remains a key point in art history to this day.