The only Art Deco building more famous than the Chrysler Building is the Empire State Building. Completed in 1931, the Empire ...

In a Europe emerging from the Great War, the middle classes begin to emerge, women take over men's work in factories and on farms, and win rights and freedoms. Mass production arrives and consumption ...

Art Deco influences were to be found well before this period and today Art Deco colours contemporary design. The famous Rolls-Royce mascot 'Spirit of Ecstasy' is one example that might be ...

The Art Deco revival began in the late 1960s. A retrospective exhibition of Łempicka’s work was organised in Paris’ Luxembourg Gallery in 1973. A few years later, Canadian playwright John Krizanc ...