impact of social, cultural, and/or other influences

• Artists after World War 1

  • Shifted their outlook on art and design
  • Moved away from ideas of individuality
  • Focused more on ideas of unity, peace and harmony
• Artists' shift in outlook

  Influenced Rietveld's Red Blue Chair
• Rietveld's Red Blue Chair

  • Used simplification and minimalism
  • Could be enjoyed by anyone
  • Could be easily mass produced
• Rietveld


  Was heavily inspired by the work of designer Frank Lloyd Wright
• Frank Lloyd Wright's design influence


  • Deconstructed architecture and furniture
  • Broken down and levitating planes used to create Rietveld's Red Blue Chair
• Rietveld's design


  Was influenced by the paintings of famous artist Piet Mondrian
• Piet Mondrian's paintings


  • Explored simplified colour schemes of primary colours and bold black lines
  • Influenced Rietveld's use of flat primary colouring in Red Blue Chair
• Bauhaus


  A German art school that merged fine art and design ideas with principles of mass production
• Bauhaus principles


  Influenced Rietveld's design approach for Red Blue Chair
• Rietveld's Red Blue Chair


  • Made from standard lumber sizes that were readily available
  • Allowed the chair to be easily mass produced