Industrial designers helped bring Art Deco into homes
by Donald-Brian Johnson
Often, how we view the past is dependent on what’s available for viewing today. We see Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers click-clacking their way through a 1930s movie musical. He’s in a sleek black tuxedo. She’s in flowing white satin. There’s a gleaming black dance floor, framed by white draperies. The movie itself, as you may have guessed, is also in black and white.
