Called “L’Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs,” it ran from April to October 1925, attracted 16 million people, and was a celebration of Modernism and Art Deco design. It occupied ...

To kick off our Art Deco Centenary series, Kathleen Murphy Skolnik gives an overview of the style. Art deco ... two ...

Our Art Deco Centenary series will delve into the style throughout March but to help start us off, this five-minute guide covers all the basics. Art deco refers to a design style that was ...

A decorative style of bold geometric shapes and bright colours, it encompassed furniture, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and architecture. The term ‘Arts Decoratifs’ (later shortened to Art Deco in the ...

Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series we profile graphic designer and artist Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron, who under the pseudonym Cassandre created posters that thrust the style into everyday life.

Manhattan's art deco skyscrapers "dazzle, entertain, amaze," Frank Lloyd Wright once noted. But many other U.S. cities have spectacular examples of this 1920s-1930s style, with a mix of striking ...

The Art Deco Historic District includes more than 800 buildings in the vibrant art deco style, primarily 1920s and 1930s designs. Many of these buildings are protected by local preservation ...