10 Things You Need to Know about.... Art Nouveau

I started this series on different design styles at the beginning of the year and thought it was time to revisit it as, it seems to me, that while everyone has been writing about Art Deco for months, it's the natural, curving forms of Art Nouveau that fit more with the current zeitgeist. And, in researching this post, I also realised that every time you stick Art Nouveau into Google you get many more results for Art Deco. So, I couldn't help but wonder (you know the voice by now...) why are the two styles so often confused and why, in this period of lockdown which seems to be all about hearing the birds sing and falling pollution levels, is Art Deco with its black and gold geometric lines and homage to the engine more popular than the soft trailing patterns of Art Nouveau? I'm predicting a new trend that will spring up out of this period of global lockdown.

art nouveau reproduction tile via etsy

So here are 10 Things You need to know about Art Nouveau

1 Art Deco came after Art Nouveau.…