De

Stijl
A Presentation byMuskaan Rajput
Priyanshu Prajapati
Anas Saif
Aman Kashyap

De Stijl
De Stijl, or The Style, is an art and
design movement founded in Holland
by painters and architects around
1917.
The movement strives to express
universal concepts through
elimination, reduction, abstraction,
simplification, and a dynamic
asymmetrical balance of
rectangles, planes, verticals,
horizontals, the primary colours,
and black, white, and gray.

Definition

De Stijl

The De Stijl also known as

neoplasticism, was one of several
art and design movements that
responded to the chaotic trauma
of World War I with a return to
order.
De Stijl stands out because its
aspirations were as social as they
were aesthetic.

De stijl typography

Definition

De Stijl

Designers formulate a new

language and vocabulary for
architecture.
To do this, they take the
traditional house apart, analyze it
like an object, abstract it to
eliminate traditional references,
and then reassemble it in a new
way.
The new form emphasizes the
cube. It is not a solid box, but
instead opens up from outside to
inside with solid and void
relationships established through
flat planes.

Definition

De Stijl
Flat roof, asymmetry, geometric
forms, white or gray walls with
details highlighted by primary
colors.
Houses for individuals are the
most important.
Compositions generally
emphasize the separation of
planes, the application of primary
colours, and the spatial
relationship of solids to voids.

Architectural characteristics

De Stijl
Rectangular shapes define the
geometric repetition of windows,
doors, and blocks of color.
Window sizes vary on an
individual building from large to
small. They may be arranged in
patterns or one unit on a large wall.
Flat roofs are typical, and
distinctly different from other
structures.

Architectural characteristics

De Stijl artists
Theo van Doesburg
Dutch artist.
Founder and Leader of De
Stijl.
Complete abstraction of
reality in his paintings.
He was more flamboyant and
extravagant.
Composition VII- The Three Graces, 1917

Theo van Doesburg

Split up with his colleague,

Piet Mondrian in 1924 due to
disagreements.

De Stijl artists

Simultaneous
CounterComposition 1929

Theo van Doesburg

Counter
Compositio
n V, 1925.

De Stijl artists
Piet Mondrian
Dutch Painter.
Important contributor to
De
Stijl.
An introvert by nature.

Composition with Grids: Checkerboard Composition

with Light Colors - 1919

Piet Mondrian

De Stijl artists

Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow

Neo Plastisicm - 1930

Piet Mondrian

De Stijl artists

Gerrit Rietveld
Dutch furniture designer
and architect.
One of the principal
members of De Stijl.
Famous for his Red and
Blue chair design.
The chair was designed
for the Rietveld Schroder
House which is a UNESCO
world heritage site.

Gerrit Rietveld

De Stijl artists

Originally designed in 1917-18

the red blue chair had a natural
wood finish (beech wood and
plywood construction).
The original chair was
constructed of unstained beech
wood and was not painted until
the early 1920s.

Was painted red and blue as the

connection of artist with the DE STIJL
movement.

Gerrit Rietveld

De Stijl around the world

Fashion Industry

De Stijl around the world

The fact of simplifying things to pure abstraction of
little squares is such a power full idea that even the
newest things of our days uses it as a main reference.
BQ CODE

WINDOWS LOGO
RUBIK CUBE

The example of Windows logo still preserve

the dichotomy between horizontal and vertical
lines and diagonal composition, which was a
relevant discussing issue in De Stijl
participants.

Technology

De Stijl around the world

In the first color screens, pixel where as well
in three basic tones. In this case, green
substituted the yellow of De Stijl.

The reduction to
the essential
form and color
culminates with
a tiny square
which forms
every single
picture: the pixel
Bart van Der Leck posters

Technology

Efforts By:
Muskaan Rajput
Md. Anas Saif
Priyanshu Prajapati
Aman Kashyap