Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Bauhaus: Treat shapes and letters as the same building blocks
- Type
- Set in Bauhaus's manner (Geometric sans-serif), and let Bentwood (Thonet)'s lettering (Limit curves to a few radii and repeat the same one) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Bauhaus's material (Red, blue and yellow held together by black and off-white); bring in exactly one thing from Bentwood (Thonet) (Steam bent beech screwed together, the finish keeping the grain visible).
- Colour
- Build on #eee7d4, #df2c22, #153f8c and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Bauhaus Scattered shapes read as childish. Give every element a job.
- Bentwood (Thonet) Imitating only the curve in plywood or tube loses the logic of fewer parts, and a chair meant to look slender turns heavy and dull.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Bauhaus (Style, 1919–1933) and its accent from Bentwood (Thonet) (Technique, 1859–). Structural cues: Elementary shapes; Primary colors; Functional beauty; Visible structure. Accent cues, used sparingly: Steam-bent curves; Reduction to few parts; Knock-down shipping; Lightness and mass production. Composition: Treat shapes and letters as the same building blocks. Type and lettering: Geometric sans-serif. Let one material quality come from the second style: Steam bent beech screwed together, the finish keeping the grain visible. Mood: Trust, Play, Technology, Luxury. Color: build on #eee7d4, #df2c22, #153f8c with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Bauhaus 1919–1933 / Style / Functionalism
Makes function and play coexist through the circle, triangle and square.
- Bentwood (Thonet) 1859– / Technique / Furniture and Interiors
Thonet's chair No. 14 reduced steam-bent beech to a handful of parts, the first industrial furniture to ship knocked-down and be made in quantity. Rational components and an elegant curve arrived together, which is why it is called the origin of modern design.
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