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Tag Archives: “Designing Dreams” by Donald Albrecht

DECO FLICKS PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1, we enjoyed the Art Deco settings of a 1924 French sci-fi flick and a 1929 celebration of Broadway. Today in Part 2, there’s an hotel saga, … Continue reading

August 9, 2020 · Leave a comment

DECO FLICKS PART 1

THE TERM “ART FILM” means different things to different people, but what I have in mind here is Art Deco in movies of the 1920s and 1930s. My primary source … Continue reading

August 8, 2020 · Leave a comment

DECO DREAMING

I’M LISTENING to a CD of contralto Nathalie Stutzmann singing the songs of Francis Poulenc, and it’s giving me daydreams of Art Deco. This design style, short for Arts Décoratifs, … Continue reading

March 4, 2016 · 2 Comments