Bauhaus Cradle

The Bauhaus Cradle is a work made of a blue circle, yellow triangle and red rectangle. Originally it was part of a furniture competition based on Walter Gropius' brief for a bed design for men, women and small children. The man's bed had rectangular head and footboards, the woman's had a soft semicircle. The cradle complemented the two geometric shapes with the triangle. Axel Bruchhäuser had his very first contact with Peter Keler and his cradle in 1975 when he asked to be allowed to produce the cradle. Together with Peter Keler, Tecta implemented the re-edition of the famous Bauhaus cradle based on Wassily Kandinsky's idea, true to the work but in an industrial manner. Today the cradle is considered an icon.

The Cradle was designed by Peter Keler. Peter Keler is one of the central figures who had a lasting impact on Tecta's Bauhaus DNA, starting with the first contact between him and Axel Bruchhäuser in 1975. Peter Keler worked for around seven years starting in 1975 as a “tecta employee,” as he described himself. In 1981 he wrote to Paul Klee's son, Felix Klee in Bern, a German-Swiss art historian and painter, and signed the letter from Lauenförde with “tecta -new bauhaus” as the sender. In doing so, he unwittingly laid the foundation for the current BauhausNowhaus edition, with which the company shows that the ideas of the Bauhaus are still as relevant today as they once were and should be continually developed further.

The Cradle is available on request. Lead time varies.