De Stijl’s Principles and Their Roles on Modernist Furniture Movement: A Comparative Analysis
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De Stijl Movement, Modernist Movement, Modernist Chair DesignAbstract
‘De Stijl’ had its significant role on the modernist architects, many famous architects and designers had been influenced by this style in design. The paper aims to identify the penetration of ‘De Stijl’ principles into the furniture design and its influence on modernist furniture designers. The similarities and differences between ‘De Stijl’ styles and modernist movement designs have been evaluated through several indicators which formulated based on theoretical analysis of the literature. The study analyzed many modern furniture designs by several famous modernist designers. The study focused on the chair design by famous modernist architect designers, like Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, and Le Corbusier. A comparative analysis has been carried out between these furniture designs and ‘De Stijl’ furniture. The result demonstrated that there is a great influence for ‘De Stijl’ movement principles into modernist furniture movement.
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