Piet Mondrian's (1872-1944) early work was inspired by Cubism. Eventually he began painting complete abstracts consisting of white spaces, black lines which form rectangles and have been coloured in the primary colours red, yellow and blue. He called this style of non-representational art Neo-Plasticism.
[Piet Mondrian. Composition with Blue, Red and Yellow. 1930]
He directly influenced another artist, Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), who also adopted this style of painting with the exception that Doesburg also included diagonal lines which formed diamond-shapes. Together they created the De Stijl (“The Style”) movement.
[Theo van Doesburg. Contra Composition XVI. 1925]
The fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) was also inspired by the pattern and colours of Mondrian's painting in the design of this dress in their 1965 Autumn collection.
One could argue that the pattern on the dress is not original as we have seen it before as a painting. However, the pattern and colours have been taken out of a fine art context and applied in the medium of fashion to create another original design. This allows people to see the painting in a different way and makes it accessible to a different group of people. For example, the painting would have interested artists, designers and art enthusiasts, where as the dress would be viewed by fashion designers, women, fashion enthusiasts, etc.
The style was recently revisited in 2008 by other designers such as Nike (trainers) and Kara Ross (handbag):
The Nike trainers do not use the straight lines and rectangles but have chosen the same colours as Mondrian’s paintings. This would attract yet another group of people. They are shoes designed for a new generation; a younger, youthful group who may or may not be interested in modern art but are being exposed to the designs of Mondrian.
The designs by Mondrian have been used and reused by people applying the pattern and colors to objects in a similar way to YSL's dress. His designs are still popular in many ways and will probably continue to influence artists and designers.
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Sources:
http://arts.jrank.org/pages/13299/Piet-Mondrian.html
http://arts.jrank.org/pages/12385/Theo-van-Doesburg.html
Images:
Piet Mondrian:
http://www.abcgallery.com/M/mondrian/mondrian75.html
Theo van Doesburg:
http://slamxhype.com/art-design/van-doesburg-and-the-international-avant-garde-exhibition
YSL dress:
http://artbubble.tumblr.com/
Nike Trainers:
http://www.freshnessmag.com/2008/06/04/nike-sb-dunk-low-preimum-mondrian-edition/
Kara Ross handbag:
http://www.retrotogo.com/2008/05/kara-ross-mondr.html
House:
http://www.lizardkingdom.org/archives/2005/11/mondrian_buildi.html
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