ENJOYING ART DECO

Art Deco was a style, born in the 20s, and thought to originate from Paris after WWI. It first came about after architect Le Corbusier used it title in a journal he wrote after the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts). Widely speaking, Art Deco covers all styles in the inter-war period, but as you will come to see there are many variations within this from the sleeker curver that you see in American styles to the geometric lines of the more European influence.

From French style Art Deco to some element of Bauhaus, Art Moderne and Stijl, all artistic movements from around the world within this period are bundled in under the header of 'Art Deco'. We'll go into those in a minute. First, we need to get a feel for what was happening at the time. The zeitgeist. What was influencing design?