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.
Trends come and go, but some styles are permanent fixtures in the interior design universe; Art Deco is chief among them. The ever-popular style originated in 1925, making its exhibitive debut at ...
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 ...
Bevis Hillier's 1968 book Art Deco of the 20s and 30s made art deco famous. As part of our Art Deco Centenary series, he reflects on the style's lasting legacy. In 1968, when I was 28, I wrote the ...