During the class on Design Movements, we came across Piet Mondrain and the De Stijl design movement. I found Mondrain's work truly amazing.
He believed in geometric shapes and line, only horizontals and verticals- which signified the female principle and the male principle. He used bold bright colours, mostly the primary colours- blue, yellow and red- which stood for ether, sky and earth. The manner in which he distributes the colorus and the shapes gives a strange sense of balance.
The Schroder house is one house that he designed during his career and it has all the elements of the De Stijl movement and his own characteristic style.
He also designed furniture and this chair above is a classic example of how the design has evolved from the De Stijl elements.
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