One of the first global design movements, Art Deco appeared with the expansion of modern technologies and mechanization in the early 20th century. Celebrating novel aesthetic, futuristic ideas and mechanized world, it reached a peak in the 1920s, only to decline in the 1930s along with the Great American Depression. Without a manifesto or a unifying idea, the movement was very diverse and focused on applied arts rather than painting or sculpture, although fine art creatives did find…
