While wandering through the Guggenheim Museum, we stumbled on its cafe with Bauhausian tables and chairs made from Baltic Birch, one of our favorite materials. The stylish simple furniture would be easy to make ourselves.
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Kandinsky: Wall Paintings + Varieties of Black
In this calming, meditative video, artist Vasily Kandinsky paints directly on a wall in black ink. It is a fine way to start the day (and led us to insights into ‘black’). Kandinsky’s designs for wall paintings inspire new possibilities for our own walls.
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Plywood Love: Bauhausian Kitchen Storage
This kitchen refurb by Hearth used plywood as cabinet storage in an elemental Bauhausian way. We love geometry of the squares and rectangles, the the grain showing through the washed finish and the holes instead of handles. …and are reminded once again the appeal of sliding panels… via Desire to Inspire
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bauhaus costumes for halloween inspiration
Need some inspiration for a Halloween costume? Check out this inspiring slideshow of costumes devised for Oskar Schlemmer‘s Bauhaus fetes in the 1920’s. Quelle imagination! We especially love the clever illusion, below. Could there have been florescent paint in those days?
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