Blauer Kern by Max Bill (1969)

A cobalt oval hovers inside a white field. This is Blauer Kern, Max Bill’s 1969 exercise in precision and restraint. The blue shape is not quite a circle, its edges subtly flattened. It sits off-center, creating a narrow margin that widens toward the bottom. The white ground is pristine, the blue unmodulated—no shading, no gradient, just a single, deliberate stroke of pigment. Hang it above a pale wood console, where the quiet geometry can steady a sunlit hallway without shouting.