Bauhaus Mobile

Timeless Mobile in the " Bauhaus " Style

In collaboration with the Bauhaus museum, Ole Flensted and his company Flensted Mobiles a mobile that pays homage to the Bauhaus era and Wassily Kandinsky’s color theory. Primary shapes and colors dominate the overall design: circles, squares, and triangles in red, blue, and yellow. According to Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), certain colors are associated with certain shapes. The color blue conveys coldness, infinity, and calm, and is thus associated with the circle, which Kandinsky described as possessing the greatest tension and elasticity. He assigns the warm color red to the square, which thus radiates calm and comfort. He assigns the color yellow to the triangle, since while it also radiates a certain warmth, it can—just like the triangle—come across as eccentric or even aggressive. With Kandinsky’s color theory in mind, Ole Flensted created the Bauhaus mobile, a piece of floating lightness that also pays tribute to the psychological effects of colors and shapes. By juxtaposing the various shapes and colors, Bauhaus enthusiasts and mobile collectors can let the effects wash over them and experience Kandinsky’s studies on the phenomenon of color in a new way for themselves.