bauhaus series + design system

image series

Eight original illustrations in the Bauhaus idiom: primary forms, furniture, architecture, type, textile and montage.

bauhaus1919–1933weimar dessau berlin
Primary formsCircle, triangle, square. Red, yellow, blue.
club chairstahlrohr1925
Tubular steelBent pipe and stretched bands.
dessau 1926
Glass and gridWindows as rhythm, not decoration.
formfollowsfunctiontypografie
Form follows functionHeavy lowercase sans, tight tracking.
CompositionDiagonals and overlapping discs.
Woven gridCloth treated as color and structure.
Pure geometryHemisphere, cylinder, ring.
neues sehen
PhotomontageDots, discs and diagonals layered.

design system

The rules behind the images: color, type, grid, components and icons.

colorsix values, no gradientssignal red#D93A2Brgb 217 / 58 / 43chrome yellow#F4B81Brgb 244 / 184 / 27ultramarine#1E4FA0rgb 30 / 79 / 160ink black#161616rgb 22 / 22 / 22paper grey#EDEAE2rgb 237 / 234 / 226gallery white#FAFAF7rgb 250 / 250 / 247usage ratio50%20%12%9%9%red for action, yellow for emphasis, blue for structure.never more than two accents in one view.
System: colorSix values and a usage ratio.
Aapoppins, geometric sans. lowercase for display, sentence case for interface.formdisplay 96 / 96, weight 800, tracking -3%Functionalh1 56 / 60, weight 700, tracking -2%Design for everyday lifeh2 32 / 38, weight 700, tracking -1%Good design serves the people who use it.body 18 / 26, weight 400, tracking 0Caption and labels in sentence casecaption 13 / 18, weight 500, tracking +1%rulesmax two weights per view. align left. keep lines under 60 characters.
System: typeOne family, five sizes.
grid + spacespacing scale, 8-point base8162432486496layout rules12 columns, 12 px gutter, 40 px outer margin.blocks snap to the grid. weight sits off-center.borders 3 px ink. corners 0. no shadows.one dominant shape per composition.
System: grid + spaceTwelve columns, eight-point rhythm.
componentsbuttonssave designcancelnewlockedfieldnamewalter gropiusfocustypefacetagsfurnituretypographyarchitecturetextilecardwassily chairtubular steel and canvas bands.designed by marcel breuer, 1925.viewcontrolsonoffprogress 64%alertunsaved changes will be lost.stateshover: fill swaps to yellow. focus: 3 px blue underline. pressed: ink fill.disabled: grey border, grey text, no fill.
System: componentsButtons, fields, tags, cards, controls.
iconscircle, square, triangle, barhomeforwardaddplayclosedonesearchmenuprofilemessagelightlayers
System: iconsTwelve icons from four primitives.
© 2026 Intelligent Operations. Directed, prompted and published by Tommy Saunders, Intelligent Operations.Generated with Claude Fable 5.1 by Anthropic in the Claude app, 10 and 11 October 2026. Bauhaus is referenced as history; all artwork is original. credits and how to cite · the story · sitemap · werkstatt system