Art Deco and Industrial Design

The art deco movement started in the 1920s. During this movement there was tension between functionalists and decorators. The functionalists were into mass production, common person and the social good. The decorations were focused on labor intensive craftsmanship, elite market, and not concerned with the social theory. The showcase for interior design in this period included furniture, lamps, textiles and accessories. The signature accessories used during this period all had sharply angled and cubic forms, included the use of aluminum, black lacquer and glass, and used zig-zag shapes relating to electricity and radio. Some important architects and designers involved in the art deco movement were Michel Roux-Spitz, Jean Dunand, Maurice Dufrene, Jean Michel Frank, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Eileen Grey, and Paul Frankl. Normandie, the French Ocean Liner, was an iconic ship that sailed from France to the U.S. and introduced the art deco style to the U.S.

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