Kandinsky, an instructor at the Bauhaus school, distributed a questionnaire in 1923 asking which of the primary colors should represent each of these basic forms.
The consensus was that the triangle should be assigned the color yellow, the circle blue and the square red. These motifs became an enduring symbol of the Bauhaus.
One of the guiding principles of the Bauhaus architectural movement was that all objects can be formed by simple shapes, the triangle, circle and square.
You can see these motifs in Walter Gropius’ houses, Marianne Brandt’s teapot, Wassily Kandinsky’s paintings and in the works of many other Bauhaus artists.
A pendant incorporating a triangle, circle and square has been designed in honor of this artistic movement, which celebrates its 100th birthday in 2019.
