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Beautiful Bauhaus-inspired illustration from Aga Giecko to celebrate the school's centenary

We cannot get enough of the playful shapes, bold lines and bright colours of Aga Giecko's illustration work.

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Two playful illustrations on a split background: scissors with smiling faces on a blue side, and stacked books labelled Bauhaus on a red side

The Poland-born, London-based illustrator is a graduate of Camberwell College of Art, and was named as one of It's Nice That's 2018 grads, with the publication praising her "mischievous and whimsical characters".

Now, Giecko has turned her well-trained eye to the Bauhaus, marking the school's centenary year 2019 with an exhibition of illustration inspired by the establishment.

As you'd expect, there's a fair bit of geometric shape trickery here; and deft use of primary colours. What Giecko does brilliantly is never veering into a pastiche of the harsh modernity that many Bauhaus practitioners sought; instead, she brings bags of her own character with hand lettering and playful character design.

Previously, Giecko's work has been commissioned by the likes of So Young magazine, People of Print, the brilliant Threads Radio; and has appeared on a sparkling wine label for Liberty London.

The Aga Giecko: Bauhaus 100 exhibition runs until 11 May at Kuratiert, Berlin.

Two Bauhaus-inspired sticker pack designs by Aga Giecko featuring playful geometric shapes, bold colours and hand-lettered typography
Playful illustrated characters in yellow and blue climb over and around a red geometric shape on a white background, with exhibition details for Bauhaus 100 by Aga Giecko
Five vertical illustrated strips celebrating Bauhaus's 100th anniversary, featuring Aga Giecko's playful black and white drawings of geometric shapes, furniture, figures and design elements
Aga Giecko's Bauhaus-inspired illustration showing a playful character with geometric shapes on an orange background, and a yellow panel of hand-drawn chair designs
Aga Giecko's sketch page showing Bauhaus-inspired furniture designs and a colourful illustration of ladybirds on a blue platform with red handles
Six illustrated pages by Aga Giecko featuring geometric shapes, playful characters and bold primary colours inspired by Bauhaus design principles
Four pages of Aga Giecko's sketches featuring minimalist line drawings of chairs, domestic objects and playful character designs inspired by Bauhaus principles
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