Art Deco Guild

“Great art, when it represents beauty, is there to nourish the human soul.” — Richard Schmid Built in 1928, the Fisher Building in Detroit is among America’s best examples of Art Deco architecture. Joseph French, Sr. served as the chief architect and was the man responsible for the building’s incredible design. It has been dubbed “Detroit’s largest art object.” Art Deco is a modern art style that attempts to infuse functional objects with artistic touches. It is also more than an architectural style; it is an ethos, with an egalitarian…

Art Deco once gave modernity a sense of glamour, confidence, and permanence. Its bold geometry, lavish materials, and fascination with machinery created a style that felt both futuristic and timeless. Today, as architecture and design become increasingly minimal, uniform, and disposable, perhaps there is room to reconsider what Art Deco still has to offer. What might a modern resurgence look like? Not simply a return to the 1920s, but a reinterpretation using contemporary materials, sustainable technology, and present-day needs. Could its symmetry, ornament, and dramatic vertical forms restore character to…