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Using illustrations, this book discusses the Art Deco influence in the United States by state. Freely available online, for Kindle, as an ePub, and as a PDF.
Gebhard, David. (1996). The National Trust Guide to Art Deco in America. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2MIvybX
This book is recommended for its social commentary of life in the early 20th century in America. Freely available to read online, for Kindle, and as an ePub.
Huxley, Aldous. (1921). Crome Yellow. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1999
This book catalog is designed in the art deco style of the 1920s and 30s. Freely available to read online, for Kindle, and as an ePub or PDF.
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company. (1930). Style Design Color Texture Dupont Fabrikoid. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/33yWp17
Crime novels were quite popular in the 1920s and 1930s. This particular book is set in an advertising agency in the UK, which employed graphic designers and copywriters.
Call #: PZ3.S2738 Mu
Sayers, Dorothy. (1933). Murder Must Advertise : New Detective Story.
Brave New World illustrates a dystopian society inspired by the Ford assembly line, manufacturing, and distrust in the rise of capitalism. These same themes heavily influenced the art deco artists of the day.
Call #: PZ3.H981 Bp19
Huxley, Aldous. (1950). Brave new world (Harper’s modern classics). New York: Harper.
This book paints a picture of the social life of the early 1920s. Notably, it touches on themes of decadence, excess, resistance to change, jazz, and flapper culture.
Call #: ZZ ELI 5027
West, Claire & Fitzgerald, F. Scott. (2013). The great Gatsby (Simplified ed., Oxford bookworms library. Classics. Stage 5).
Heller & Fili, renown graphic designers, are the authors of this compilation of 6 books that explores art deco in Europe. Each book focuses on a particular country and the way the style evolved graphically between the two world wars.
Call #: NC998.6.E8 H45 2004
Heller, Steven, & Fili, Louise. (2004). Euro deco : Graphic design between the wars. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle.
This book presents posters, graphics and illustrations in the Art Deco style from the 1920s and 1930s.
Call #: NC998.45.A7 K47 1986
Kery, Patricia Frantz. (1986). Art deco graphics. New York: H.N. Abrams.
In this book, Hillier was the first to define the style and coin the term “art deco”. He describes the history of the style and cites its influences.
Call #: N6494.A7 H55 1985
Hillier, Bevis. (1985). Art deco of the 20s and 30s (Rev. ed.). New York: Schocken Books.
This is an illustrated reference dictionary that covers all aspects of design: product, graphic, and industrial.
Call #: NK1390 .P53 1990 (Reference - Library use only)
Pile, John F. (1990). Dictionary of 20th-century design. New York: Facts on File.
A succinct handbook of all aspects of design within the context of political, ideological, and technological advances. It includes a chronology, lists of manufacturers, cross-listing and full bibliographic notes.
Call #: NK1390 .J85 2005 (Reference - library use only)
Julier, Guy. (2005). The Thames & Hudson dictionary of design since 1900 (2nd ed., World of art). London ; New York, N.Y.: Thames & Hudson.
A book of trademarks, graphics, and logos in the Art Deco style. Organized by subject matter.
Call #: NC998.5 .A1 B35 1985 (Reference - library use only)
Baker, E., Blik, Tyler, & Lipman, Joel. (1985). Trademarks of the 20’s and 30’s. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.