10 Things You Need to Know about Art Deco

There's been a lot of talk, now that we are in 2020 about the Roaring Twenties and that disintictive style of decor coming back into fashion. In fact there was a lot of chat last year about how Art Deco was one of the biggest design trends of 2019 and that looks set to continue for the foreseeable future. So I thought I would continue my occasional 10 Things series with a look at what Art Deco actually is. I have already looked at Bauhaus and English Country Style.

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1 Short for Art Decoratifs, the style first appeared in France just before WWI and influenced everything from architecture to clothes and jewellery, ships and furniture. It lasted until well into the 1930s when it gave way to modernism and Bauhaus. It wasn't actually named until the 1960s and then the name was taken from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris.

2 Art Deco is characterised by strong colours, geometric patterns and lu…