If you admire the Streamlined Moderne style of Art Deco, you’ve probably admired ... early 1930s and told railway execs he wanted to design locomotives. Loewy’s T-1 steam engine was the ...

The role of design in the new commercial world was ... The irony is that a deco locomotive gained no speed from its streamlined carapace. It was all for show, to provide an illusion of rapid ...

Elon Musk was accused of stealing designs for his Cybercab and Optimus ... “The original humanoid robot From Metropolis, Art ...

Glamour: the foyer of the Strand Palace Hotel in the 1930s In Art Deco, design merges seamlessly ... bathrooms, cars, locomotives, factories on the Great West Road and Radio City Hall, Art Deco ...

Engines and train cars in streamlined, industrial Art Deco designs appeared throughout ... back geometry to create sleek-looking, functional locomotives. Henry Dreyfus created the famed New ...

The Fell differential gearbox. All diesel locomotive designs struggle with the problem of transmitting the huge torque required to start a fully loaded train at low speeds, and because of the huge ...

A show of commercial Art Deco posters opens later this month in Manhattan. By Eve M. Kahn This article is part of our Design special section about new interpretations of antique design styles.

The 2013 release ofThe Great Gatsby reignited the fashion for 1920s nostalgia, and not just for the joie-de-vivre that is symbolic of the era – but also for the opulence of the art deco design ...