Art Deco Design Influences

This was an eclectic style movement that drew on many sources. Designers aim was to influence jade traditions into a modern style. They had gotten inspired from historic European styles. Art Deco stands for many things for many people. It drew on the traditional themes, but, still celebrated the modern style. Art Deco ha influenced design from fine and decorative art to fashion, films and photography.


Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building in New York City; designed by William Van Alen; built 1928–1930.


Joseph Csaky, Deux figures, 1920, relief, limestone, polychrome, 80 cm. Exhibited Léonce Rosenberg, Galerie de L'Effort Moderne (1920), now at Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Holland


Ebonised wood smoker's cabinet by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1916. Museum no. CIRC.856:1-1956. © Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Bibliography:

• Art Deco: Design Influences - Victoria and Albert Museum. 2013. Art Deco: Design Influences - Victoria and Albert Museum. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/art-deco-design-influences/. [Accessed 16 May 2013].