Next year marks the centennial anniversary of the 1919 founding of Bauhaus in Weimar. The legendary school, started by Walter Gropius, combined fine arts, crafts, and design under one roof, eventually morphing into a global movement as many of its most important artists fled Nazi Germany to other parts of the world.

Many of the Bauhaus teachers ended up in the United States, such as László Moholy-Nagy who landed in Chicago in 1937 and opened up the New Bauhaus (later called the Institute of Design). A new documentary, with a recently launched kickstarter, seeks to tell the story of how Moholy-Nagy brought the movement to Chicago, founding America's most influential midcentury school of design.

"We're excited to come together to tell a story of an artist who was ahead of his time and is increasingly relevant today," says the team of filmmakers behind the project. With a shared background in art, architecture and design, Alysa Nahmias, Erin Wright, Petter Ringbom, and Marquise Stillwell, wanted to create a film about art, vision and perseverance in a transformative time. The philosophy and artwork of László Moholy-Nagy—a modernist and radical experimentalist—serves as the perfect lens through which to ask questions relevant to design and art today.

So far, the campaign has reached 90% of its funding goal. You can find out more about the film, help contribute to its making, and receive some very well-designed perks here.