Art Deco started years later the Art Nouveau movement,
starting in the 1920’s, which was kind of continuation of the Art Nouveau. Art
deco is known to be a decorative style. It is not as decorative as the Art
Nouveau, but it is more focused on geometric and straight lines. Art Deco was
firstly originated in France and took its name from the World fair (International
Exhibition of Modern and Industrial Decorative Arts) in Paris in 1925. . It took
it inspiration and influences from; Egyptian Art, tribal art, Surrealism,
Futurism, Constructivism, Neo-Classicism, popular culture, Modern Movement,
Cubism and geometric abstractions. Art Deco design was being utilized on typography,
paintings, wallpapers, furniture, architecture, etc. this movement continued to
spread in Europe, especially in Britain and then in America.
Materials that were often used in interiors are; ivory, shagreen,
ebony, wood, tortoise-shell, leather, lacquer, Bakelite and enamels. The materials
were used to create luxurious contrasting colours into the interiors.
The Chrysler Building.
The Chrysler building is an important building in Art Deco
and it is considered to be the iconic building for America’s Art Deco style, it
was designed by architect William Van Alen. The materials of the structure are
steel, and bricks. It has 5,000 windows. It gives a feature of automobile feel
on its designs. On the upper part of the building it has stainless steel eagles
which are situated on each corner of the building. That sunburst pattern it has,
at the top part of the building is showing the Art Deco style in a unique and
interesting way.
Its interior does really compliment with its exterior as it
is fully decorated with that sunburst pattern which can be seen throughout. Not
sure about which materials were used, but they were used in a very interesting
and decorative way which gives the interior importance and wealthy look, that
also makes it very Art Deco.
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| Chrysler Building |
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| Close up of the top part of the building. |
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| A steel eagle |
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| Chrysler Building interior image 1 |
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| Chrysler Building interior image 2 |
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| Chrysler Building interior image 3 |
Bialetti Coffee Maker
An interesting product that was inspired from Art Deco is
the Bialetti Coffee maker. The inspiration can be visible on the geometric forms
it has with those repetitive symmetrical, straight lines all around the coffee maker.
This was designed by Renato Bialetti, around the 1930’s. It was specifically
designed for Italian families who are known for their love to coffee. An interesting
fact is that almost every Italian family has one of these in their house. The
reason to being this popular is that it was one of the first coffee makers and
it does its function very well apart from its appealing appearance.
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| Bialetti Coffee Maker |
A Modern Coffee Maker (Comparison with Bialetti Coffee Maker)
While doing some research about this Bialetti coffee maker, I
found a new designed coffee maker which looks a bit similar to the Bialetti’s
form. It was designed by a product designer named Lina Fischer. This is
named as ‘Kahva’ and is very similar to the hour glass, as in its form. Although
the Bialetti coffee maker is a timeless product and is mainly inspired from Art
Deco, the Kahva coffee maker has a modern look with no Art Deco relations. It was
designed mainly to be functional and ergonomically correct. The Kahva coffee
maker has a mixture of materials which the main ones are the stainless steel
and glass. Both materials do their function well, in terms of functionality. While the Bialetti coffee maker is made of stainless steel and plastic, which both materials express elegance to the design itself.
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| The Kahva Coffee Maker |
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| The Kahva Coffee Maker - Illustrations |
References:
Ireland J., 2009. History of Interior Deisgn. America: Fairchild Publications.
Hauffe, T., 1998, Design A Concise History. London: Laurence
King Publishing.
Fiell C. and Fiell P., 2015. Design of the 20th Century.
Köln: Taschen.
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