Bauhaus
バウハウス / 1919–1933 / Style / Functionalism
Makes function and play coexist through the circle, triangle and square.
Elementary shapes / Primary colors / Functional beauty / Visible structure
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Giving an idea a clear, legible form · Bringing intelligence and warmth to education and culture
- Type
- Geometric sans-serif
- Composition
- Treat shapes and letters as the same building blocks
- Material
- Red, blue and yellow held together by black and off-white
- Caution
- Scattered shapes read as childish. Give every element a job.
- Further study
- Herbert Bayer / Wassily Kandinsky