De Stijl: The Purity of the Grid
Emerging from the psychological wreckage of World War I, the Dutch De Stijl movement sought to build a utopian society by reducing visual communication to its most pure, objective elements. Discover how visionaries like Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg used strict horizontal lines and primary colors to invent the asymmetrical grid that still rules modern editorial layout and UI/UX design today.