The Deco Diaries
Chronicling the inspiration and creativity of the Art Deco era
Diary Articles
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...
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...
The Great British Lido Revival
Pontypridd Lido, built in 1927 recently restored If you haven’t noticed, the British Lido is having a revival, after years left abandoned (and many demolished) in...
Artist, designer and performer Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp with Dada Head, 1920 Sophie Taeuber-Arp is one of the most important abstract artists and designers of the 1920s and 1930s and...
Charlotte Perriand, architect and designer
Charlotte Perriand was a French architect and designer who designed buildings, interiors and furniture. She is one of the most acclaimed designer to come from the studio...
Luchita Hurtado - Artist
Luchita Hurtado in 2017 in front of a Self-Portrait painted 1950s Luchita Hurtado (1920-2020) was a Venezuelan-born artist whose drawings, paintings, photographs, jewellery and clothing...