Art Deco Design

Art Deco design permeated all areas of design in the 1920s, from fashion to architecture.

The style that has come to be known as "Art Deco" came from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in 1925 in Paris. The purpose of the exposition was to forge a relationship between art and industrial design. The exhibits on display combined industrial technology with earlier design styles.

Interestingly, it was not until 1966 that the term "Art Deco" first appeared when British art critic and historian Bevis Hillier coined the phrase.

Before that, the style was called "Modernistic" or "Style Moderne."