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 Ulm School (HfG Ulm)'s lettering (One sans face, three sizes at most, everything ranged left) 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 Ulm School (HfG Ulm) (Neutral surfaces with one or two colors allowed to mark function).
- 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.
- Ulm School (HfG Ulm) Borrowing the grey and the grid without deciding the reasoning leaves nobody able to justify a rule, and the system collapses as elements are added.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Bauhaus (Style, 1919–1933) and its accent from Ulm School (HfG Ulm) (Style, 1953–1968). Structural cues: Elementary shapes; Primary colors; Functional beauty; Visible structure. Accent cues, used sparingly: Method and system; Grids and modules; Ornament excluded; Design as science. 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: Neutral surfaces with one or two colors allowed to mark function. Mood: Trust, Play, Technology, Calm. 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.
- Ulm School (HfG Ulm) 1953–1968 / Style / Postwar Industrial Design
Founded by Max Bill as the Bauhaus's successor, the school redefined design as science, method and system. Its collaboration with Braun made the functionalist face a world standard.
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