The Deco Diaries

Chronicling the inspiration and creativity of the Art Deco era

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Japanese Influence on Art Deco: An Elegant Fusion

Japanese Influence on Art Deco: An Elegant Fusion

Drawing inspiration from my summer travels in Japan, this month's Deco Diaries delve into how Japan's cultural richness indelibly shaped the late 19th and early...

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Dörte Clara Wolff: Art Deco Artist and Illustrator

Dörte Clara Wolff: Art Deco Artist and Illustrator

Dörte Clara Wolff (1907-1996) known as Dodo, was a German-born artist, illustrator, and costume designer, who studied at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Art. Dörte...

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The Hoover Building London

The Hoover Building London

The Hoover Building is an iconic Art Deco landmark located in Perivale, London, built to convey a sense of modernity, innovation, and luxury.

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The Cabaret - Musical

The Cabaret - Musical

Cabaret is based on the autobiographical novel ‘Goodbye to Berlin’ (1939) by Christopher Isherwood, a British-American novelist who lived in Berlin during the 1920s. 

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Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station   An icon of the London skyline and immortalised in popular culture, the Grade II listed Battersea Power Station reopens to the...

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Else Schiaparelli – Fashion Designer

Else Schiaparelli – Fashion Designer

Else Schiaparelli – Fashion Designer   Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was a surrealist and avant-garde Italian fashion designer born in Rome in 1890.  After moving to...

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Cabaret Fledermaus Vienna

Cabaret Fledermaus Vienna

Poster for the Cabaret Fledermaus by Bertold Loffler 1907  Cabaret Fledermaus opened in Vienna in 1907, co-founded by a group of artists of the Wiener...

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Jeanne Lanvin - Fashion Designer

Jeanne Lanvin - Fashion Designer

Jeanne Lanvin was a French fashion designer born in Paris in 1867.  She trained as a milliner and opened her first shop in 1889.  Dressmaking was also a...

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Leonora Carrington - Surrealist Artist

Leonora Carrington - Surrealist Artist

Leonora Carrington was a British-Mexican artist and one of the last surviving participants of the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington had an interest in...

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