Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design, it was used in railroad locomotives, telephones, toasters, buses, appliances, and other devices to give the impression of sleekness and modernity.
Image: SF Maritime Museum
Image: NY Worlds' Fair streamlined Hudson LC G613 T01 35339 DLC
Image: Blytheville Greyhound Bus Station
Aquatic Park Bathhouse, now part of the Aquatic Park Historic District San Francisco (1936)
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s, and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s. Through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including how people look, Art Deco has influenced bridges, buildings, ships, ocean liners, trains, cars, trucks, buses, furniture, and everyday objects including radios and vacuum cleaners.
Image: Chrysler Building 1 (4684845155)
Image: Chicago world's fair, a century of progress, expo poster, 1933, 2
Image: Victoire 2 by Rene Lalique Toyota Automobile Museum
Table and chairs by Maurice Dufrêne and carpet by Paul Follot at the 1912 Salon des artistes décorateurs
