Bauhaus vs De Stijl

バウハウス / デ・ステイル

Bauhaus comes from Functionalism and De Stijl from Geometric Abstraction. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.

Bauhaus

Bauhaus — Joost Schmidt《バウハウス展 1923》ポスター — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainBauhaus — Joost Schmidt によるバウハウス叢書7 1926 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainBauhaus — Joost Schmidt によるユンカース社の広告 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Makes function and play coexist through the circle, triangle and square.

De Stijl

De Stijl — De Stijl magazine, vol. 4 no. 3 front cover, 1921 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainDe Stijl — リートフェルト シュレーダー邸 1924 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainDe Stijl — リートフェルト 赤と青の椅子 1918 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0

Restricts the vocabulary to vertical, horizontal and primary color, building universal order from balance.

BauhausDe Stijl
Era1919–19331917–1931
FamilyFunctionalismGeometric Abstraction
KindStyleStyle
CuesElementary shapes / Primary colors / Functional beauty / Visible structureVertical and horizontal / Red, blue, yellow / White planes / Asymmetric equilibrium
Best used forGiving an idea a clear, legible form · Bringing intelligence and warmth to education and cultureBrand systems that grow from few rules · Uniting abstraction with lucid order
TypeGeometric sans-serifA rectilinear sans; treat letters as rectangles too
CompositionTreat shapes and letters as the same building blocksDivide the plane with orthogonals; shift the weight off center
MaterialRed, blue and yellow held together by black and off-whiteWhite, black, primaries; ration the colored planes
CautionScattered shapes read as childish. Give every element a job.Not just red-blue-yellow squares. Design the ratios and the asymmetric balance.

Put these two together

Functionalism ／ Geometric Abstraction

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