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Bauhaus music widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Bauhaus music widget shows the song that is playing with play, pause and skip controls. Primary colors and simple geometry: circles, squares and bars. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Bauhaus music widget design preview: Primary colors and simple geometry: circles, squares and bars. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Bauhaus music widget shows

A now-playing widget shows cover art, the track and artist, a progress line and three controls. It works with whichever app is playing, not one particular service.

Reading the current track needs Android's notification access and a media connection, which is a Pro feature in WidgetCraft. The controls send play, pause and skip to the app that is playing.

How the Bauhaus style shapes it

Bauhaus widgets are built from basic shapes in red, yellow and blue on an off-white ground. Circles become dials, bars become progress and type stays geometric and plain.

Photos: Mask photos into a circle or half-circle and set them against a flat color block.
Text: Use a geometric sans in capitals and keep it small beside the shapes.
Bars and rings: Build the whole widget from a circle, a square and a bar, each in a different primary color.

Bauhaus music widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #F4EFE3, corner radius 4
Image	cover art 140 × 140, radius 0, connected to media artwork
Text	track title, Josefin Sans, size 20, color #1B1B1B, one line
Text	artist, size 14, color #6D6A62
Progress	a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 156 wide, progress #D93025
Shapes	previous, play/pause and next; play in #D93025, others in #1B1B1B, each with a tap action
Ornament	a large yellow circle (Shape) in the top right corner and a 30 × 30 blue square in the bottom right, both behind the content
Font	Josefin Sans (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Bauhaus color palette

Canvas #F4EFE3Background
Cream #E8E0CESurface and tracks
Black #1B1B1BText
Graphite #6D6A62Labels
Signal red #D93025Accent

How to make a Bauhaus music widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #F4EFE3 and the corner radius to 4.
Open Data and set up the media connection; Android will ask for notification access.
Add an Image layer, 140 × 140 with radius 0, and connect it to the cover art.
Add two Text layers connected to the track title (size 20, #1B1B1B) and the artist (size 14, #6D6A62).
Add a Progress layer as a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends in #D93025, then three shapes for the controls. In Tap, assign previous, play/pause and next.
Add the Bauhaus ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a large yellow circle (Shape) in the top right corner and a 30 × 30 blue square in the bottom right, both behind the content.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

The layout and styling are free. The live data connection for this widget needs WidgetCraft Pro, a one-time purchase.

Tips for Bauhaus music widgets

Limit color to red, yellow, blue, black and cream.
Let one large shape dominate each widget.
Long titles must truncate on one line; never let them wrap into the controls.
Make each control at least 48 dp wide so it is easy to hit.
The widget only shows a track while a media app has an active session.
Do not use gradients or shadows.
Do not round shapes halfway; use full circles or square corners.

Ready-made Bauhaus templates

WidgetCraft includes a Bauhaus template pack you can import and edit instead of starting from a blank canvas.

Energy composition7 editable layers

Form in motion18 editable layers

Minutes of momentum5 editable layers

Questions about the Bauhaus music widget

What size is a Bauhaus music widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Canvas (#F4EFE3) for the background, Black (#1B1B1B) for the main text, Graphite (#6D6A62) for labels and Signal red (#D93025) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

The Bauhaus design is free to build. Showing live track details needs the one-time Pro upgrade.

What else is this style called?

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