The catalogue for The New Bauhaus was designed by the Bauhaus director László Moholy-Nagy. The twelve-page catalogue outlines the teaching program and the main contents and also presents the individuals at the design school. Walter Gropius played an important role as a consultant and as the founder of the original Bauhaus. The members of the founding institution, the Association of Arts and Industries, are mentioned, including the President of the Container Corporation Walter P. Paepcke. The New Bauhaus drew heavily on the former Bauhaus itself; even the Bauhaus symbol designed by Oskar Schlemmer was adapted for the new school. In addition to the teaching done by a permanent staff, guest lecturers from the University of Chicago taught the necessary fundamentals of physics, biology and philosophy. The practical training began with a preliminary course that taught the drawing basics, tested the students’ own skills and introduced them to different materials. Upon passing the examination at the end of the second semester, the students were then able to specialize. The choice was between 1) wood, metal and plastic design, 2) the textile workshop, 3) painting, 4) light, photography, film, typography and advertising, 5) the workshop for glass, ceramic and stone (sculpture) and 6) the stage workshop with set design, exhibition design and theatre. At the end of the fourth year one could get a degree diploma after passing the examinations. In the fifth and sixth years of study, the focus was on architecture and related fields.

For the title of the catalogue, Moholy-Nagy selected a photograph which he had taken for the film Things to Come, which was written by H.G Wells in London.