De Stijl was an art and design movement founded in the Netherlands in 1917 that sought to express universal concepts through simplification and abstraction using a limited color palette of primary colors, black, white, and grey. Designers formulated a new vocabulary for architecture by deconstructing traditional houses, abstracting them to remove historical references, and reconstructing them with an emphasis on open floor plans defined by relationships between solid and void cubic forms. Furniture and other decorative arts were considered as integral to architecture and interior design, also emphasizing structure, proportion, and balance between solids and voids.

1. 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 colors, and black, white, and grey. Designers
formulate a new language and vocabulary for architecture. To do
this, they take the traditional house apart, analyse it like an object,
abstract it to eliminate traditional references, and then
reassemble it in a new way. The new form emphasizes the cube. I t
is not a solid box, but instead opens up from outside to inside with solid and void
Red and blue chair
designed by gerrit rietveld
relationships established through flat planes.
Besides, there are some characteristics for their
architectural. For example, flat roof, asymmetry,
geometric forms, white or grey walls with details
highlighted by primary colors. And also house for
indiv iduals are the most important. Moreover,
compositions generally emphasize the separation
of planes, the application of primary colors, and
the spatial relationship of solids and voids. Next,
rectangular shapes define the geometric
repetition of windows, doors, and blocks of color.
Window sizes vary on and indiv idual building
from large to small. They may be arranged in
patterns or one unit on a large wall. Lastly, flat
roofs are typical, and distinctly different from
other structures. For furniture and decorative arts
are conceived as one with the architecture and
interior design. Designers similarly emphasize
structure, construction, proportion, and the
Schorder House
Interior of Schorder House
balance between solid and void relationships. They carefully place individual
parts to develop visual balance and harmony so that all parts are appreciated
alone as well as in context with the whole furniture piece. Chairs and tables are
the most important conveyors of concepts. Furniture complements the
Zigzag chair Pendant light Crate chair

2. DE STIJL
architectonic character of an interior through its emphasis on straight lines,
rectangular planes, and geometric forms.