One hundred years ago, at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris, visitors to the expo’s China Section would have entered through an archway whose mix of ...
Olivia Horsfall Turner, the chief curator at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, untangles some easily confused design terms. By Julia Halperin Art Nouveau Alphonse Mucha’s “Summer” ...
Amid a fast-fashion landscape in which so much can be easily produced, some consumers long for something special — merchandise personalized by human hands. By Jason Diamond In our age of mechanical ...
Since it appeared on the scene in the early 20th century, Art Deco design has never really gone out of style. Sure, the glamorous aesthetic may have fallen out of favor during the early aughts (when ...
At the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the exhibition “1925–2025: 100 Years of Art Deco” marks a century since the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts propelled ...
Paging F. Scott Fitzgerald obsessives: a century after The Great Gatsby was published, Art Deco decor is having a glamorous encore, bringing tailored silhouettes, polish, and indulgence to the design ...
Syracuse University just landed its own viral Inciardi vending machine, where specialty art prints cost $1. Printmaker Ana Inciardi makes the popular linocut prints using carved linoleum. Inciardi ...
CHARLESTON — When you think of Art Deco architecture, New York City probably comes to mind, where iconic skyscrapers like the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building and 30 Rockefeller Plaza dot ...
The giddy, gaudy Art Deco design movement emerged in the years before World War I, spread to just about every corner of the globe during the 1920s and ’30s, and then petered out during World War II.
Back in January, Renault unveiled an electric concept car designed to fight the Mercedes EQ XX for various electric efficiency and range records. 11 months later, a slightly redesigned Renault Filante ...
Edificio Ermita, one of the most distinctive of Mexico City's Art Deco constructions. (Matthew Rutledge/Wikimedia Commons) As I was writing a piece on the best vintage libraries in Mexico City, I ...