Bauhaus Graphic Design vs Vienna Secession Graphics
Bauhaus Graphic Design was influenced by Vienna Secession Graphics — extended the Viennese turn from ornament toward geometric order.
Bauhaus Graphic Design
The functional, geometric graphic language forged at the Bauhaus — lowercase sans-serif type, asymmetric layouts, primary colors, and the marriage of typography with photography into a rational visual system.
- Geometric sans-serif type, often lowercase only
- Asymmetric layouts on a horizontal-vertical structure
- Integration of typography with photography (typophoto)
- Primary colors with black, white, and bold rules
- Functional, grid-organized white space
Vienna Secession Graphics
The graphic output of the Vienna Secession and Wiener Werkstätte, marrying gridded geometric ornament to gilded, Klimt-era pattern, custom square lettering, and the near-square journal Ver Sacrum.
- Geometric gridded ornament and checkerboards
- Custom geometric display lettering
- Near-square Ver Sacrum format
- Gilded flat decorative pattern fields
- Generous, structured white space
At a glance
| Bauhaus Graphic Design | Vienna Secession Graphics | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1919–1933 | 1897–1920 |
| Discipline | Graphic Design | Graphic Design |
| Region | Germany | Austria |
| Family | Modernism, Bauhaus | Art Nouveau, Secession |
| Formal traits | asymmetric, sans-serif, geometric, grid-based | geometric-ornament, custom-lettering, flat-color, gridded |
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