Bauhaus

An art and design school opened in 1919 under the direction of the renowned arcitect Walter Gropius. The baubau aimed to provide a fresh approach to design following the first world war. Bauhaus style is charateristic by economic and geometric forms. Teching staff include Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Marcel Breuer.

In 1923 Kandinsky proposed that there was a universal relationship between the three basic shapes and the three primary cours. He believed the yellow triangle to be the most active and dynamic through to the passive, cold, blue circle.