Believing in the democratic and utopian potential of modular design and absolute simplicity, they limited their canvases to intersecting vertical and horizontal lines and primary colors.Ī De Stijl publication (left) alongside a painting by Piet Mondrian (right) in which the grid is clearly apparent The grid is probably most evident in the Dutch De Stijl movement, founded in 1917 and headed by artists Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian. While Swiss typographers were establishing the centrality of the grid in print design, similar movements occurred in the world of fine art.
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Read on to see where we stand now, and find some resources to use the grid to its full potential! 20th century art and design Now, let’s round out the subject with a look at the design grid’s more recent history: its overt emphasis in the world of 20th century art and design, the momentary resistance that followed, and finally its subtle and seemingly unshakeable presence in contemporary website design. By the end of this post, we’ll see them on the web, too. In “ History of the design grid” we covered the Renaissance origins and 20th century development of the design grid, exploring how 700-year old principles of proportional harmony continue to guide print design.
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