De Stijl vs Neo-Concrete Art
デ・ステイル / ネオ・コンクリート・アート
De Stijl comes from Geometric Abstraction and Neo-Concrete Art from Brazilian Avant-garde. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with different intent, which is the fastest way to tell them apart.
De Stijl
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Restricts the vocabulary to vertical, horizontal and primary color, building universal order from balance.
Neo-Concrete Art
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Releases geometric abstraction from a fixed visual order and opens the work to touching, moving and entering, so that it becomes an experience that changes as the body takes part.
| De Stijl | Neo-Concrete Art | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1917–1931 | 1959–1966 |
| Family | Geometric Abstraction | Brazilian Avant-garde |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Vertical and horizontal / Red, blue, yellow / White planes / Asymmetric equilibrium | Movable geometry / Bodily participation / Folds and hinges / Sensuous color and space |
| Best used for | Brand systems that grow from few rules · Uniting abstraction with lucid order | Interactive exhibits and teaching objects that visitors are meant to open and move · Printed pieces and invitations that change shape through folds and hinges |
| Type | A rectilinear sans; treat letters as rectangles too | Run type across the fold so it resolves only when opened |
| Composition | Divide the plane with orthogonals; shift the weight off center | Design several valid states rather than one, reached by opening or turning |
| Material | White, black, primaries; ration the colored planes | Thin metal or board with hinges tuned to move under the hand's weight |
| Caution | Not just red-blue-yellow squares. Design the ratios and the asymmetric balance. | Read it through the revolt against objectivism and the transformation the viewer's body performs, not as Brazilian geometric abstraction, and note that fragile moving parts go untouched and leave only ornament. |