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Bauhaus photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated

A Bauhaus photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. 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 photo 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 photo widget shows

A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.

You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.

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.

Bauhaus photo widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 200, background #F4EFE3, corner radius 4
Layoutcaption on the left, photo on the right
Image190 × 160, corner radius 0, crop to fill
Textplace label, size 12, color #6D6A62
Textcaption in two lines, Josefin Sans, size 24, color #1B1B1B
Shaperule 28 × 3 in #D93025
Textdate, size 12, color #6D6A62
Ornamenta large yellow circle (Shape) in the top right corner and a 30 × 30 blue square in the bottom right, both behind the content
FontJosefin Sans (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size4 × 2 cells

Bauhaus color palette

How to make a Bauhaus photo widget in WidgetCraft

  1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #F4EFE3 and the corner radius to 4.
  2. Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
  3. Set the image corner radius to 0. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
  4. Add a Text caption at size 24 in #1B1B1B using Josefin Sans.
  5. Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #6D6A62, with a short rule in #D93025 between them.
  6. 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.
  7. Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for Bauhaus photo widgets

Ready-made Bauhaus templates

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

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Questions about the Bauhaus photo widget

What size is a Bauhaus photo widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 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?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Bauhaus styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for geometric photo widget, primary color photo widget, bauhaus design photo widget. They describe the same look as this Bauhaus photo widget.

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