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De stijl, the style that representing an architectural style since 1900s. It is a reduction in form and colour by simplified visual compositions to vertical and horizontal, using black, white and primary colours which are red, yellow and blue.

The Batik in Malaysia, is famous with the motifs of leaves, flowers and butterfly. The colours of Batik Malaysia tend to be lighter and more vibrant than other countries batik.

Hence, De Stijl Batik is an inspiration by combination the main components of the style and motifs into proposed form, pattern and colours to suit for millennial in representing on the calling of memory for both architecture movement and batik culture values.

The proposed form, pattern and colours are :

i. Metaphor of the nature

The black and white framing are various in dimensions, exist in long and narrow rectangular, short and large forms representing the nature of the world.

ii. Metaphor of leaves

The long and narrow rectangular with blue and yellow colours representing the minimalist pattern for the leaves.

iii. Metaphor of flower

The square with red colour representing the minimalist pattern for the flower.

iv. Metaphor of butterfly

By manipulation between the few various dimension of rectangular and playing with the red, yellow as well as blue colours, the minimalist pattern of butterfly is formed.