The teaching approaches of the Bauhaus is revolutionary. They let students thoroughly examine the basic elements of design in order to internalize them for later use. The idea is all designs should come from three elementary forms: square, triangle, and circle.
To believe or not, we are still using that exact same principle to create rapid prototypes as interaction designers. Below is a screenshot of my Adobe XD toolbar.
I was honestly shocked when I discovered this overlap. I don’t know whether Adobe is intentionally paying homage to the Bauhaus classics, but they are somehow aligned with a consensus: only when designers stick to basic forms could they truly pay attention to the function. That’s how designers from Bauhaus came up with designs of minimal and elegant shapes that directly serve its purposes or intentions. Another way to put this down, intuitive visuals that deliver meaningful messages. That’s something I keep in mind all the time when I design.
This is a great insight, I never noticed this before. Thank you for sharing!
I agree with you so much that “only when designers stick to basic forms could they truly pay attention to the function”. That’s the guidance rule that Bauhaus taught designers to follow.