De Stijl
There was a turning away from old forms and philosophies among architects and designers after World War I. A lot of the same abstract ideas came into play as well as ideas that incorporated the "machine" aesthetics of this new industrial age. De Stijl (Dutch for 'The Style') is a movement formed by a group of architects and artists influenced by some of the ideas of Dada. It was launched in the Netherlands in the late summer of 1917. According to Meggs' History of Graphic Design, De Stijl artists sought universal laws of balance and harmony for art, which could then be a prototype for a new social order. The initial source of their ideas came from Dada notions about dispensing with the pretentious elitist design aesthetics of the pre war era. Some of the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright, which had been published in Europe in 1910, influenced their notions about form. Japanese sources were also of significance, though these ideas may have been derived through ...
