Art Deco Society UK

From our archive: A Feast of Colours and Forms - Central Melbourne’s 1930s Architectural Gems artdecosociety.uk/2022/11/09/a...

100 years of art deco: The world’s greatest art deco buildings Get your fill of bold shapes, clean lines and jazzy colours

#artdeco news: 100 years of art deco: The world’s greatest art deco buildings
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#artdeco recommended read: Designs for life
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There is still time to sign up for our next online talk on Aug 28th! Join us to learn more about the role of flats as a revolutionary building type that reflected a deep change in urban living for a young, single workforce. Book now! www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

Art Deco around the world · V&A The impact of Art Deco was far-reaching, carried on the winds of commerce and capitalism, new modes of communication, media and transport

#artdeco news: Art Deco around the world
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YouTube video by Encore -Art Deco Society UK When Croydon Was the Centre of the Universe

Past events: are you curious to find out more about the time in the 1920s-30s when Croydon Airport was at the heart of a golden age of air travel? You can now watch the recording of the 'When Croydon Was the Centre of the Universe' talk on our YouTube channel.
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Do you want to explore Nottingham's 1920s and 1930s architecture and see the work of local architects? There are still places to join our upcoming tour on September 13th! Sign up now www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

Brussels celebrates art deco’s mass-produced objects for the middle class An exhibition in the Belgian capital shows the artistic style was first to seek to appeal to a wider group of consumers

#artdeco news: Brussels celebrates art deco’s mass-produced objects for the middle class
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Are you curious to know more about flats as an ubiquitous yet overlooked building type that changed urban living forever? Join us on August 28th to find out the role played by George Kay Green in building some of interwar London’s largest blocks of flats.
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Fundraising Fundraising

From the preservation committee: a fundraising campaign for The Forum Cinema, Hexham
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Blackpool business hub to open in revamped Art Deco building The new site is named after the architect who designed the building in the 1930s.

#artdeco news: Business hub to open in revamped Art Deco building
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ISSE

Our friends at the International Society for the Study of Egyptomania (ISSE) would like to invite #artdeco lovers to join them. ISSE is a global organisation dedicated to the promotion of research into the reception of ancient Egypt.
Visit ISSEgyptomania.com to find out more!

Do you fancy showing us your favourite #artdeco tea pot, or a video tour of your house? Join us at our AGM followed by a special event where you'll have a chance to tell us a bit about your passion for Art Deco. Sign up here
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Art Deco: Style and Design - V&A Academy Course at Online · V&A 5,000-year-old story of Creativity. V&A Academy online art history courses bring you all the richness and rigour of V&A Academy art history courses in London.

If you want to learn more about #artdeco style and design, check out this upcoming course at the V&A!
www.vam.ac.uk/event/G76Yap...

Art deco Chrysler Airflow was "America's most talked-about car" The next art deco icon in our Art Deco Centenary series is the streamlined Chrysler Airflow – a revolutionary car that pioneered aerodynamic automobile design.

#artdeco news: Art deco Chrysler Airflow was "America's most talked-about car"
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Event recommendation: An #artdeco visit to Eltham Palace
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Our next talk on August 28th will explore, through the lens of the architect George Kay Green, the flat construction as a ubiquitous yet overlooked building type.
This event will be NOT recorded, so secure your place now!
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Art Deco: 100 years since the Paris exhibition that revolutionised modern design The 1925 Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts was a transformative moment for architecture and design.

#artdeco news: 100 years since the Paris exhibition that revolutionised modern design
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Join us at our AGM followed by a special event where you'll have a chance to tell us about your passion for #artdeco Whether you fancy showing us your favourite Art Deco tea pot, or a slide show of your postcard collection, sign up here www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

"Art deco's success has unwittingly served to conceal the horrors of colonialism" The term "art deco" is being applied too liberally to architecture built under colonialism, writes Edward Denison as part of our Art Deco Centenary series.

#artdeco news: "Art deco's success has unwittingly served to conceal the horrors of colonialism"
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Event recommendation... if you are in Paris - Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast madparis.fr/Paul-Poiret-...

Art Deco in the home · V&A From luxury handcrafted writing desks to affordable factory-made tea services, discover Art Deco in the home

#artdeco news: Art Deco in the home
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Join us next month when our speaker, Carlos Finlay, will explore, through the lens of the architect George Kay Green, how flat construction drew on a transatlantic, and very un-English, change in urban living for a young, single workforce. Sign up now
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Following on from last year's wonderful walking tour of Nottingham, join the ADSUK and guide Lucy Brouwer, the creator of the Watson Fothergill Walk, to discover more of Nottingham's architecture from the 1920s and 1930s and look for #Artdeco in the details.
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YouTube video by Encore -Art Deco Society UK Art Deco London: Yesterday and Today

Past event recordings: #artdeco London: Yesterday and Today www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGwC...

Tunnel monument to be rebuilt after 60 years - Liverpool Business News A replica of a piece of Liverpool engineering and architectural heritage is to return to the entrance of the Mersey Tunnel more than 60 years after the original was removed

#artdeco news: Tunnel monument to be rebuilt after 60 years
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Only a few days left to sign up for our unmissable online talk on the glass automobile mascots by René Lalique. Book your place now www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

From our archive: The Plaza: the North’s Finest Super Cinema
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#artdeco news: Lead on, Macduff: how the tide turned for Aberdeenshire’s art deco lido www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

There is still time to book your place to join us on July 17th to learn more about the wonderful automobile mascots created by master jeweller and glass designer, René Lalique, from 1925 until WWII. Sign up now! www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...