Art Deco

• what year was art deco popular?

  1930's
• what did art deco embrace?

  hand crafted and machine production
• what materials where used in hand craft?

  expensive ones such as, ivory and bronze
• popular themes where geometric zig zag effects, with fan motifs and sun effects
• what famous building in New York represents the art deco movement?


  the Chrysler building
• Eileen grey was born into a family of wealthy painters and during ww1 left Paris for london where she worked as an independent designer and later an interior designer
• what materials where used in batch production?

  aluminum and stainless steel
• what was art deco historically inspired by?


  Aztec art and architecture , and Egyptian style and figure
• Use of bright and pastel colours for features, window and door frames

  Use of white/ pale colours for the 'exterior envelope’ of the building
• what age emerged during the art deco period ?

  machine age