Bauhaus

Simple shapes and primary colors

The Brief

Create a Bauhaus-inspired type treatment for a book cover

Trim Size

10 × 10 inches (254 × 254 mm)

Learning Points

  • Assembling simple letterforms from primitive shapes

  • Using transparency

  • Choosing historically appropriate type

Tools

Illustrator

Fonts Used

Alfarn

Inspiration

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Hidden Treasures of the Bauhaus: fonts.adobe.com/fonts/hidden-treasures

Bauhaus is the name of one of the greatest bands of the 1980s. Strangely enough, it’s also the name of an art school in Germany that set out to combine crafts and fine art, and to make modernism part of everyday life. One of their most popular slogans was “Form follows function, the way hangovers follow alcohol.” Later, in the interest of ...

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