At the 1925 Paris exhibition of decorative arts, the architect Le Corbusier sneered that “modern decorative art has no decoration.” The style he mocked, later named Art Deco after that same fair, still swept the world.
Its sunbursts, gold, and geometric glamour went onto skyscrapers like New York’s Chrysler Building, ocean liners, and movie palaces, and people still stop and stare at them a century later.
Doomscroll Buster is a series of short videos about people who faced dark times and made beauty anyway. Watch them all in the Doomscroll Buster section at pastpassport.com.