1917-1931

Design Timeline - De Stijl

In the 20th century post World War-I era, there was a movement away from old philosophies in art and design. The emerging Industrial era also influenced machine aesthetics to be adopted in design. De Stijl was one such design movement to emerge in this context. 

A Dutch artistic movement that believed in reduction to bare forms and colours with extreme adherence to Rectililearity of surfaces. All surface decoration except color was to be eliminated, and only pure primary hues, in addition to black and white were to be used. De Stijl (Duch for The Style) was an important movement of this era that also came to be known as 'Neoplasticism'. The style was principally represented by Lines, Squares, and Rectangles, often in Assymetrical layouts. At a more fundamental level the proponents of De Stijl sought to express a new Utopian ideal of spiritual harmony and order. De Stijl and other similar movements around this time are considered to be precursors to the Bauhaus movement.

The Red and Blue Chair is a chair designed in 1917 by Gerrit Rietveld. It represents one of the first explorations by the De Stijl art movement in three dimensions.