c. 1920 – c. 1930
A Dutch movement focused on abstraction and reduction, using geometry, primary colours, and balance to create universal visual harmony.
De Stijl was a Dutch movement focused on abstraction and reduction, using geometry, primary colours, and balance to create universal visual harmony. It was founded by Theo van Doesburg in 1917 and produced graphic and typographic work. The movement’s influence on graphic design fed directly into the Bauhaus, and from there into the International Typographic Style and beyond. Piet Zwart and Paul Schuitema, though not members, absorbed De Stijl thinking and applied it to commercial typography. The archive documents De Stijl through its printed matter, publications, and the work of designers connected to the movement.
The archive documents De Stijl graphic design through designer profiles, scanned publications, and printed matter from the movement.
See also Constructivism, New Typography, and 1920s graphic design history.
Explore designers connected to De Stijl including Piet Zwart, Theo van Doesburg, and Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart. See also Dutch graphic design history and 1920s graphic design history.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Ephemera, Members Only Content
Beyond his books, Dick Bruna's vivid colour and simplified forms found their way onto posters, packaging, murals and stamps, many of which feature in my growing collection.
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Members Only Content, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles
An article on Valentin Zietara , originally in German, published in Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1930, written by H K Frenzel translated by E. T. Scheffauer
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Members Only Content, Designer Profiles, Studios & Collectives
A 1903-1904 article on Die Steglitzer Werkstatt, originally in German, published in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XIII, October 1903–March 1904.
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Regional Histories, Ephemera, Illustration, Members Only Content
A collected visual record of the Kanto, Chubu and Tohoku Lottery tickets.
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Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Movements
April Greiman is known for her experimental approach to graphic design, her role in the development of Californian New Wave and being one of the first designers to fully embrace the computer in her work.
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Illustration, Ephemera, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A collected visual record of the first eight years of Japan’s Rural Medical Care Promotion Lottery.
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