Art Deco Overload
Fred Doyle
relaxed. Deciding to share with this group from that trip was easy. We
spent some time in Miami Beach's Historic Art Deco District, and this
has always been a favorite art movement of mine. It has influenced
graphic design, and particularly typography, since the 1920's. I love
the colors and the simple geometric shapes that characterize the
movement. Nowhere else in the U.S. is this style demonstrated more
abundantly than in the architecture of South Beach Miami.
Therefore, my souvenir to this group is a tour of some of the best
examples of this architecture. I hope you'll take the a look through
some photos from this wonderful venue.
http://leafpublishing.com/drebel/art_deco/
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Fred Doyle
Drew
Welcome back and great to see those pics. My home town of Asheville is
chock full of Art Deco. Not as grandiose nor as colorful, but just as
classical. Next time you're down through here drop by there. You'll be
delighted.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/asheville/index.htm
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/asheville/cit.htm
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Fred Doyle
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> Welcome back and great to see those pics. My home town of Asheville is
> chock full of Art Deco. Not as grandiose nor as colorful, but just as
> classical. Next time you're down through here drop by there. You'll be
> delighted.
>
> http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/asheville/index.htm
> http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/asheville/cit.htm
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> D
Thanks, Drew. I'd call those shots, tourist shots, not high art, but
they were taken as a graphic design reference, not as high art. my wife
and kid got very tired of me taking pictures in South Beach. These are
just a small sampling. I do like the Art Deco style.
There's no art deco in my home town of Saratoga Springs, just a lot of
very Victorian and Italianate architecture, and that's really not my
style. It was interesting to see the Disney interpretation of Saratoga
while we were in Saratoga, however. They have created a Saratoga Springs
"resort" area and we had to go take a look. It was out time
"Disneyfied." That's just scary.
I'd love to see Asheville. We flew over it on our way south. I have a
guy I work with who has a second home outside of it and he raves about it.
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Fred Doyle
amgine
Back after a longer interlude than I would have liked. Hi!
Good to see some striking - colourful - art deco. I'm used to seeing much
more monochrome versions of this genre. The Miami colours always put me in
mind of Neapolitan ice-cream.
How on earth do they keep these facades so clean? In GB they'd be covered in
particulates and bird... lime.
Fred Doyle
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> Back after a longer interlude than I would have liked. Hi!
>
> Good to see some striking - colourful - art deco. I'm used to seeing much
> more monochrome versions of this genre. The Miami colours always put me in
> mind of Neapolitan ice-cream.
>
> How on earth do they keep these facades so clean? In GB they'd be covered in
> particulates and bird... lime.
>
Thanks for looking. The colors were incredible. Add into the "Neopolitan
ice cream" colors, a rich sky blue and white sand beach. I think the
typefaces were my favorite part. It was great to see how type could be
used to reflect and compliment architectural design
Around my home right now, the dominant colors are gray, brown, white and
black. Getting away to those rich saturated hues was a great winter
break. I'm jonesing for the spring palette around here. It will show up
in about 4-6 weeks I figure.
As to the cleanliness in South Beach, I'm not sure where it comes from.
A lot of hard work would be my guess, because most of the area was
pretty close to spotless, despite a heavy tourist trade.
Thanks again for taking the time to look and comment.
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Fred Doyle
amgine
> amgine wrote:
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>> Back after a longer interlude than I would have liked. Hi!
>>
>> Good to see some striking - colourful - art deco. I'm used to seeing much
>> more monochrome versions of this genre. The Miami colours always put me in
>> mind of Neapolitan ice-cream.
>>
>> How on earth do they keep these facades so clean? In GB they'd be covered in
>> particulates and bird... lime.
>>
>
> Thanks for looking. The colors were incredible. Add into the "Neopolitan
> ice cream" colors, a rich sky blue and white sand beach. I think the
> typefaces were my favorite part. It was great to see how type could be
> used to reflect and compliment architectural design
>
> Around my home right now, the dominant colors are gray, brown, white and
> black. Getting away to those rich saturated hues was a great winter
> break. I'm jonesing for the spring palette around here. It will show up
> in about 4-6 weeks I figure.
What colours are we getting this spring? I hope we can get away from that
pea soup green that seems to be hanging around way too long.
> As to the cleanliness in South Beach, I'm not sure where it comes from.
> A lot of hard work would be my guess, because most of the area was
> pretty close to spotless, despite a heavy tourist trade.
Properties on the coast in GB often seem to be dissolving due to sea spray.
They can be pretty but high maintenance. I often think I'd like to live by
the sea but when I think about tourists, gulls and maintenance levels I
chicken out. Anyway with all this global warming I expect the sea will come
to me.
>
> Thanks again for taking the time to look and comment.
s'okay... thanks for sticking them up there to be looked at and commented
on.
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<fdo...@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> amgine wrote:
>
> >
> > Back after a longer interlude than I would have liked. Hi!
> >
> > Good to see some striking - colourful - art deco. I'm used to seeing much
> > more monochrome versions of this genre. The Miami colours always put me in
> > mind of Neapolitan ice-cream.
> >
> > How on earth do they keep these facades so clean? In GB they'd be covered in
> > particulates and bird... lime.
> >
>
> Thanks for looking. The colors were incredible. Add into the "Neopolitan
> ice cream" colors, a rich sky blue and white sand beach. I think the
> typefaces were my favorite part. It was great to see how type could be
> used to reflect and compliment architectural design
Actually, the colors aren't so much Art Deco inspired as they are
Cubano. The further south you get in FL, the more Cuban the colors
get. You should go to the Keys (it's the most popular place for
Floridians to travel to - 24 hour trip by car, but *worth* it in
*spades*).
BTW, Jimmy Buffet, our "god" here, lives in a bright pink house! In the
Keys, it seems that nearly every other house is pink, baby blue or
sunny yellow. I'll have to upload some pics from our last vacation
there (last year - and I'll bet that the colors have gotten even
brighter!!).
Another thing that is *SO* cool about southern FL is the cars! Artists
are nearly the majority. And so are the artistic cars - painted,
mosiacked in shells, bits of glass - you name it. Everyone in the Keys
especially seems to have some sort of self-expression with their
property! : ) One car even was decorated in merry-go-round fixtures - a
couple of horses and a swan! I definitely have to upload some pictures
- it will make you really, really want to visit!!
>
> Around my home right now, the dominant colors are gray, brown, white and
> black. Getting away to those rich saturated hues was a great winter
> break. I'm jonesing for the spring palette around here. It will show up
> in about 4-6 weeks I figure.
>
> As to the cleanliness in South Beach, I'm not sure where it comes from.
> A lot of hard work would be my guess, because most of the area was
> pretty close to spotless, despite a heavy tourist trade.
It seems the further south you get, the more people care about their
surroundings. When we were in the Keys, we saw a lot of people cleaning
their porches, their areas of the street, etc. Also, the gulf/ocean
air/breeze seems to keep things tidy and bleaches out the ugly. :)
>
> Thanks again for taking the time to look and comment.
Really awesome pics, Fred. Really brought back memories of a great
vacation. Please, if you ever come down that way again, look me up. I'm
in PCB (home of MTv's Spring Break crap-a-thon - but in the summer it's
perfect for families). We could even meet families down in the Keys
(planning to go in the summer). :)
Also, St. Augustine is really pretty. Full of history, too (the
Fountain of Youth is there). And you have to check out Silver Springs -
that's where they filmed "Creature from the Black Lagoon!!" And don't
forget the Key Islands - Big Pine Key is an awesome place to "camp"
(cottages, fully outfitted with kitchens - they even have "socials"
where you meet and greet other lodgers!!) - you can get up close and
personal (and even pet) the Key Deer (deer the size of a greyhound
full-grown!)!
And don't even get me started on the diving and snorkeling! :)
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