Flensted: Bauhaus #428

In co-operation with the Bauhaus Museum Flensted Mobiles have created this new mobile. Primary shapes and colors are present: circle, square and triangle – the Bauhaus code. According to Kandinsky, the circle expressed the highest tension and elasticity, a characteristic which he linked with blue, which emits the most intense level of cold. The square, like red, radiates complete tranquility and has the effect of a cool warmth. The triangle instead represents a tranquil aspiration from the terrestrial to the heavenly. Like yellow, it emanates a powerful force and the greatest warmth. These principles have been used by Ole Flensted in designing this mobile. The suspended lightness of a mobile is particularly appropriate for appreciating the psychological effects of shapes and colors. By juxtaposing the three components in different combinations, the Bauhaus enthusiast and the mobile collector can experience a variety of effect and themselves take part in Kandinsky’s research on the phenomenon of colour! Kandinsky made a research among his students in 1923 they were to match the primary shapes to primary colors and they produced the same results. If you want to learn more about the Bauhaus museums and the Bauhaus school look up: Wikipedia Mobile design: Ole Flensted