Art Deco Wallpaper

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Leslie Sigal Javorek | 1 Comment

Posted by: Leslie Sigal Javorek • Date: Thurs, July 30, 2009 2:59 am

What good is it to customize your icons if you’re stuck with the same old wallpaper on your desktop – or a desktop picture which clashes with your new look? You could scour the web for an alternative – or – spend hours and hours creating your own – or – better yet, check out tonight’s selection of desktop pix I created specifically to go with my Art Deco icons. Most work great with any size and resolution monitor but if playing around a bit with the Appearance setting options (centered, stretch to fit, stretch to fill) that’s found in System Preferences if you’re on a Mac, post a comment here and let me know which desktop picture and what size you need and I’ll post them in an update. Enjoy!

Free Icons (er, uh, Wallpaper) of the Day

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Art Deco’s Celebration of Life

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Leslie Sigal Javorek | Leave a comment

Posted by: Leslie Sigal Javorek • Date: Sat., July 25, 2009 8:02 pm

While art from the Renaissance period seemed to languish in dreamy repose and Victorian Art sat straight up to regal pomp and propriety, Art Deco exuded the energy, rebelliousness and daring of the first generation of the 20th Century as they passed out of childhood as if shot from a cannon. Some, in fact had emerged from their innocent cocoons in the trial by fire that was the First World War.

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Speed is Beauty

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Leslie Sigal Javorek | Leave a comment

Posted by: Leslie Sigal Javorek • Date: Fri., July 24, 2009 2:49 am

In a press release prepared for a special display of Art Deco period book-bindings and manuscripts out of the New York Public Library’s archives, the author observed that…

Art Deco exemplified lavish expenditure, crass commercialism, and the quickening speed of contemporary life summed up in the Futurist credo “Speed is beauty.”

Evidence can be found in the sleek design of ever faster passenger trains, rich-looking jewel-toned enamels and precious metals for even the most ordinary of everyday objects. Even the use of slim geometric forms, off-set lines one jumping ahead of the other, and seemingly incongruent shapes juxtaposed against each other reflected the increasing sense of rapid movement forward and the cacophony and excitement of a decidedly urban society.

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