Over forty years ago, Manhattan physician Robert Lerch purchased a red and black Bakelite clasp bracelet with a geometric Art Deco design. That was the beginning of a Bakelite collection that has grown to approximately 2,000 pieces of jewelry as well as 3,000 other objects, such as radios, buttons, clocks, boxes, umbrella handles, and knives. Read More. .

Design elements of Art Deco architecture and decorative arts include everything from the luxurious Egyptian motifs of King Tut’s tomb––the discovery in 1922 stirred the world’s imagination––to the futuristic art movements of Fauvism, Cubism, Bauhaus, and others. Read More. .

Art Deco can be found in India and it’s entryway was through Bombay. In this article Nityaa Lakshmi Lyer and Atul Kumar explore the origins of Art Deco in Mumbai and a new World Heritage site. Read More. .

In this article, Anthony W. Robins discuses the Marine Air Terminal in New York and examine Harry Allen Jacobs contributions to its architectural design. Read More. .

Have you ever though about reinventing the past? In this article, Jack Rennert & David A. Schneider explore the ways in which travel posters focused age-old subjects and portrayed then in a new light. In addition, they also explore the relationship between travel posters and travel for leisure. Read More. .

With the launching of this new Modern era came talent in many fields such as literature, music, performing arts, design, architecture, and so much more. This article explores how the 1920s were all about youth and jazz, hedonism, and optimism while the 1930s were marked by the harsh reality of the Great Depression. Read More. .

In this unique article, Anthony W. Robins interviews the architect and remembers the wonderful Art Deco architecture and design of New York's old Horn & Hardart Automats with great affection. Read More. .

This article explores the origins of The Texas Centennial Exposition and its contributions to architecture. Read More. .

Margaret Denny discusses female photographers in American during the 1920s. Denny displays the impact Berenice Abbott, Thérèse Bonney, Dorothea Lange, and Margaret Bourke-White had on American culture and the field of photography. Read More. .