Ive seen the term Art Deco used in relation to radios. What does it mean?
A. Nothing is ever quite as clear-cut as the writers of design books would have you believe. This, for what it is worth, is my take on the subject: The terms ‘Art Deco’ and ‘Deco’ are later than the era and were coined (in the 1960s, actually) to cover certain styling influences during the 1920s and 1930s. People in those days never referred to ‘Art Deco’, instead calling it the modern style. Art Deco is a loose mixture of what has come to be called Egyptiana, inspired by the discoveries of Egyptian tombs, presumably, and geometric patterns. Deco architecture in the UK is characterised by long, low looks – wide windows, usually metal-framed and with horizontal glazing bars, flat roofs and a general ‘ship’s bridge’ like appearance. The same kind of influences extended to furniture and, of course, to radio cabinet design where it occasionally became rather confused with Art Nouveau. A slightly later 1930s influence was ‘streaming’ or ‘streamlining’ and radio cabinets moulded or built wit
A. Nothing is ever quite as clear-cut as the writers of design books would have you believe. This, for what it is worth, is my take on the subject: The terms ‘Art Deco’ and ‘Deco’ are later than the era and were coined (in the 1960s, actually) to cover certain styling influences during the 1920s and 1930s. People in those days never referred to ‘Art Deco’, instead calling it the modern style. Art Deco is a loose mixture of what has come to be called Egyptiana, inspired by the discoveries of Egyptian tombs, presumably, and geometric patterns. Deco architecture in the UK is characterised by long, low looks – wide windows, usually metal-framed and with horizontal glazing bars, flat roofs and a general ‘ship’s bridge’ like appearance. The same kind of influences extended to furniture and, of course, to radio cabinet design where it occasionally became rather confused with Art Nouveau. A slightly later 1930s influence was ‘streaming’ or ‘streamlining’ and radio cabinets moulded or built wit
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