De stiji - dutch art movement - focused on simplifying forms down into simple geometric shapes and a limited colour palette, typically primary colours.
piet mondrian
theo van doesburg
Constructivism & Suprematism - Russian art movement - around the same time as de stiji and using similar techniques.
Kazimir Malevich
El Lissitzky
Both movements showing a shift from realism and fine art to more abstract and geometric designs.
Bauhaus - combining of 2 schools, Weimar academy of art and weimar school of arts and crafts, combining the teaching of both traditional art and craftsmanship in a variety of different materials. As it was based in architecture, it also focuses on geometric, rigid shapes in its designs.
Walter Gropius - director at Bauhaus
Herbert Bayer - studied at bauhaus, typography and murals.
Jan Tschichold - inspired by the work at bauhaus, the modernist movement influenced his work in typograhic design - geometric, sans serif fonts, shift in design to adapt to machine printing