Left: Le Vaudeville Restaurant, Paris Right: Marc Chevalier, Lecturer from Los Angeles with Pascal Yves Laurent, President of the Paris Art Deco Society and the World Congress Event Chair

Celebration Dinner Dance and Show at La Coupole, Paris, for the finale of the Paris Art Deco Centennial

Culturally, the Centennial offered an opportunity to reflect on Art Deco as more than a decorative style. It represents a moment of optimism between the world wars, a merging of craftsmanship and industrial technology, and an assertion that design could be both forward-looking and glamorous. Around the globe, major exhibitions, city-wide heritage events, and restoration projects have been launched to celebrate and preserve this legacy.

An excellent short clip from an exhibition in New York for 100 years of Art Deco

CBS Sunday Morning: 100 Years of Art Deco

In architecture, the Centennial reminds us that iconic monuments, from the skyscrapers of New York to the cinemas of London, drew from the bold geometric forms, rich materials, and urban modernity of Art Deco. Preservation efforts, especially in cities like Brussels, Miami, and Napier, New Zealand, remind us that this aesthetic remains deeply embedded in urban identity and continues to inform contemporary design.

Left: Art Deco Skyscrapers Right: Boulder Movie Palace

When it comes to technology and industrial design, the centenary underscores how Art Deco bridged luxury craftsmanship and mass production, opening the door to modern consumer culture with streamlined radios, automobiles, trains, and furnishings that looked forward while celebrating material richness. This interplay of form, function, and ornamentation is being reinterpreted in our digital age, where retro-futurism and nostalgic geometry are resurfacing across product design.

1937 Delahaye Type 135M Torpedo Cabriolet

1930s Pennsylvania Railroad Class S1 Locomotive

Sparton Model 557 “Sled” Radio

In the world of fashion and jewelry, the 100-year mark has prompted a renewed look at how Art Deco changed silhouettes, embraced new materials, and captured the machine-age spirit in couture, gems, and accessories. Designers today draw on its crisp lines, symmetry, and bold contrasts as inspiration, showing that the movement remains relevant in contemporary style.

Finally, the global scope of the 100-year celebration highlights that Art Deco was never merely French or Parisian. It became a truly international movement with local adaptations in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the United States, demonstrating how modernity was seen and shaped through different cultural lenses. The year 2025 stands not only as a milestone in calendar years but as a marker of how the ideals of Art Deco, innovation, elegance, and global exchange, continue to resonate in the 21st century.

Image From the Collection of Alain-Rene Hardy

The 100 Years of Art Deco was celebrated by Art Deco Societies of the World.

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