Bauhaus

A poster in six studies. The same fourteen modules rearrange into each one as you scroll.

A style study. It has no connection with any Bauhaus institution.

Study 1 of 6

Colour takes its place in a grid.

Three primaries, black, white and gray, each given the same area.

In 1923 Kandinsky asked people at the school to match three shapes with three colours. Click a shape to change its colour and try it.

Study 2 of 6

Form goes beyond three shapes.

Arcs, bars and steps all come from one grid. Each edge lands on a line of it.

Study 3 of 6

Cloth is a grid you can touch.

Warp and weft already cross at right angles. The modules become bands of thread.

Study 4 of 6

An object shows how it is made.

A timber top on tubular steel, with a glass shelf and a length of cloth. Flat colour gives way to real light and cast shadow.

Study 5 of 6

A building is modules at full size.

White volumes, strip windows and a glass wall. The shadows tell you where the sun is.

Study 6 of 6

Back on paper.

Every part you have seen is still here, printed flat in ink.