Honey! In 2009, I started my first beehive with a dear friend, Barry Rice.
At the time, beekeeping was illegal in New York and novel enough that the New York Times did a story about our hive. (That’s me in the lead photo — my 15 minutes.) It was all going swimmingly. Design Under the Influence: Art Deco. Hello again, it's Erika from small shop, here to cover a bit about Art Deco influences and motifs.
I had honestly been avoiding tackling this massive topic simply because the vast amount of deco influences seen in today's design world is overwhelming! To streamline my efforts, I'm going to talk about the historical context, the main motifs, and those seen in modern day examples in decor and fashion. The Art Deco movement of the late 1920's to the early 1940's included all principles of design, from architecture to interiors, to product and textile design, to art and literature.
You could sum up the factors that most influenced the birth of the movement into three: Charley-harper-Design-Crush.jpg 560×396 pixels.
Color shemes.