The Art Deco movement began in France after World War I. Art Deco had two sides the functionalists and the decorators. The functionalist emphasized function, simplicity, mass production so that everyone could enjoy the designs. Decorators emphasized craftsmanship and elite market. The 1925 World Fair in Paris was what really made Art Deco popular.
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| Chrysler Building |
The Art Deco architecture is most easily recognized by the steel and reinforced concrete. Two very popular Art Deco buildings are the Chrysler Building 1928 in New York and the NBC New York's Rockefeller Center. The designs of furniture during the Art Deco movement used very rich material such as ebony, zebrawood, polished metals, and glass. There were also many colorful textiles created during this time along with painting, sculptures, trains, jewelry, and glass.
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| Example of Art Deco Furniture |
Industrial Design
Industrial Design focused on how humans interacted with objects. It also focuses on making a product more appealing objects so that it became more popular and made a better profit. Industrial Design was reflected in the Design of Art Deco. Many of the looks of Art Deco is a "slick form" which was reflected in both designs
Example of Art Deco Today
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| A modern update of an Art Deco barstool |
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| A chair inspired by Art Deco |
One Step Further
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| Furniture designed by Michel Roux-Spitz |
Michel Roux-Spitz was a French architect (1888-1957). His father was an architect as well. Michel Roux-Spitz studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Throughout his career, he had many different titles. He was chief editor of The Architect 1925-1932, he was apart of the board of patrons of the journal L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui, editor of the French magazine Architecture 1943-1940, chief of the civil building and national palaces, architect of the postal services, and Cheif Architect of the National Library 1932-1953.
Some characteristics of Michel Roux-Spitz style was that it was highly decorative. He was influenced by Auguste Perret and cubism along with African tribal arts.
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| Guynemer |
One of his first designs was the Guynemer. This building was the first of the series that would be called the "white series'. These buildings had a very distinct appearance of a bow window in three pieces on the facade.
Christyanne, I liked the images you included of current applications! It is interesting to see how the materials of leather and metal also transferred into today's style but was tweaked by using the shiny gold and white leather.
ReplyDeleteChristyanne- very nice summary of Art Deco and Industrial design. Michel Roux-Spitz was an amazing architect- and it was really interesting to read about Guynemer- I had not heard of that before.
ReplyDeleteChristyanne, I noticed how the two popular Art Deco buildings you mentioned are in New York. It makes me wonder if New York was the heart of the Art Deco movement in the United States. I personally like Art Deco a lot especially pieces like the ones you used for your current applications. I also think it's pretty awesome how Michel Roux-Spitz accomplished so much and gained all the titles you mentioned.
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