Art Deco and how its developed

Art deco was born out of France and spread worldwide very quickly due to a exhibition that exceeded numbers into the millions that came to view the experience. Many were entrepreneurs that came from various countries and continants to not steal, but view and develop the styles they saw and take them back to were they came from.

It was born in the early 1920's till the late 1930's. Many and almost every peice created in this style of Art Deco were many things out of the following;

Streamline
Organic "Look"
Geometric
Speedy and "Fast"

Many famous artist impressionist were also born from this period such as René Lalique who grew on to creat many great, iconic designs we see in todays lifestyle. So in many ways, although the period 'finished' in 1939, it in a way didn't due tho the way that many designs are still even nower days influenced by the styles.

Below are examples of an origional, and a re-interpritation of the "Art Deco" style.

Origional;
By francis jourdain





Re-interpritation;

By IKEA furnature designers today