The Art Deco Design Movement

Cruising down Marine Drive in Mumbai, you would see a lot of Art Deco styled buildings much like the many picture you may see of buildings in Miami, typically hotels etc; all of them overlooking the sea, some well preserved, some rather seedy and ramshackle looking. Only Miami has more art deco buildings along the seafront than Mumbai. It was such a popular design mode of its time and such a distinctive and recognizable style that remnants of this style are visible at least in their residuary form all over the world:

  • Furniture
  • Appliances
  • Buildings
  • Automobiles
  • Jewelry
  • Fashion
  • Painting, graphic arts and film as well.

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