Design Inspiration: Art Deco
My favourite era by far for design inspiration is Art Deco. Often Art Deco designs would integrate motifs from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Influence can also be seen from Cubism, Modernism and Futurism.
It was intriguing to run across these images on CNN which show the beautiful art deco architecture in Havana, Cuba: Discovering Deco: A tour of Havana’s eye-catching architecture.
Especially when I’m designing logos and searching for fonts I’m regularly drawn to art deco inspired styles as they draw from so many of my favourite historical eras and graphical preferences.
What’s further fascinating is how art deco was born out of the boom in the 1920’s and carried on through to the beginning of the depression in the 1930’s. During a time of significant global change came some phenomenal creative designs.
Design Inspiration: Art Deco
