Originating in Europe after World War I and flourishing around the world in the 1920s, the Art Deco movement represented the epitome of luxury, glamour, exuberance and elegance. Characterized by rich colors, bold geometric shapes, and lavish ornamentatio
Art Deco and Modernisme is experiencing a fashionable comeback. Authentic Art Deco pieces dating to the 1920’s till ’50s are highly valued in today’s collectibles marketplace and loved by interior decorators. As in the “roaring twenties” we are currently living extraordinary economic and tech...
Art Deco design originated in the last century. ‘Art deco, short for arts décoratifs in French, gained popularity in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, though it originated in Paris in the 1910s,’ saysAino Heinäsuo, head of design at Redecor. ‘Art Deco had its p...
Art Deco Interior Design Style The art deco style was trendy in Europe and America, especially during the golden age of the 1920s and 1930s. Compared to the minimalist movement nowadays, the art nouveau or deco movement inspired by nature is considered a stark contrast. The move was not lim...
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By 1925, the curious design idiosyncrasy within Art Deco was its obsession with everything machine-related, such as planes, cars, and ocean liners, owing to the ability of this movement to adapt to what was happening around it, as technology was undergoing a rapid evolution in the 1920s ...
Are you interested in knowing more about how the innovative style, known as Art Deco, was used in interior design? In this lesson you will learn...
Chances are you’re attracted to Art Deco design. Art Deco is an art and design style that was popular in Europe and America from the 1920s until before WWII. It was a product of its generation—a time of industrial progression, economic boom, technological innovation, and growing consumerism...
Art Deco Hybridity, Interior Design, and Sexuality between the Wars Two Double Acts: Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher/Eyre de Lanux and Evelyn WyldTracing the emergence of female interior decorators around the turn of the twentieth century, Peter McNeil notes that the issue of the designer's ...
Artists of Art Deco Art Deco was a 20th century art and design movement that permeated all forms of art during the 1920s and 1930s. Known for its sleek, modern elements and love of man-made materials like chrome and plastic, Art Deco dominated trends in visual art, interior design, ...