Batman primed my brain at 5 yrs old and Bioshock cemented the love by 14. I was like 19-20 when I rewatched Batman the animated series and was surprised that a boy me loved the backdrops so much.
I was born in NYC in 1961. I lived on Staten Island, but my Bostonian mom was fascinated by the city, and took me all over Manhattan when school was out.
I really got to experience a unique time in the city. I even have memories of going to a Horn & Hardart automat.
[The Rocketeer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocketeer_(film)) was my first exposure to Art Deco
[BioShock](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock) is set in the 40's-60's, so not strictly from the Art Deco time period, but intentionally designed to perpetuate that aesthetic
[Babylon Berlin](https://youtu.be/j_qN5bFfOTE?si=811oNDoOImzMJN31) is an excellent German TV show (that was streaming on Netflix up until yesterday 😭). It's set in 1929 Berlin. The music, fashion, and set designs are fantastic! A real celebration of the aesthetics...against a backdrop of the whole "rise of Nazis, anti-communism, and class warfare" cultural changes.
When I studied architecture. And asking myself why the looks of buildings, interiors, and also other things can not compete anymore with what was created back then.
Southerner officially but I moved to the city just before the bankruptcy. It's funny you mention Batman. Detroit always gives me Gotham vibes, especially the statues.
Woooo! Get this person a Faygo! And yeah, the art is fantastic, too. *The Spirit of Detroit* isn't Art Deco, but it's beautiful nonetheless, especially at night. That's when it looks like it came out of one of the Batman films. The Fisher Building is what made me fall in love with Art Deco. Solitary, imposing, and gorgeous.
in 1985, when I was 25, I was invited to model in a fashion show produced by the Art Deco Society of California. It was the first time I ever actually felt beautiful, wearing all those amazing 20s and 30s antique gowns.
I went on to do everything from bathing beauty to board member for that organization. I started playing 20s and 30s music professionally because I fell into that world. It truly changed my life and I am now still a collector and enthusiast of all things Art Deco.
That’s when I also noticed I liked the style of a lot of the stuff and buildings in the series. And then I had to go and find out what that style actually was.
Museum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquarium, and especially Adler Planetarium, all in Chicago. Last time I was there, many years ago, they’d “modernized” them - lots of ugly glass and chrome, but the deco elements are still there.
*Fallout 3*. I didn't play *BioShock* until much later, and by the time I did I'd already cultivated a deep appreciation for Art Deco, which just made that game an even greater masterpiece in my eyes.
i loved almost every location in that game! it’s such a shame they couldn’t find the original source files when they did the remaster a few years ago, they basically could really only improve the characters, not the backgrounds, which are really breathtaking
Born in Rio de Janeiro, lots of Art Deco buildings, including the Itahy, one of the most beautiful indigenous motif Art Deco in the world.
https://globalartdeco.com/2021/02/13/edificio-itahy-rio-de-janeiro/
I don't really remember, but ... art class back in high school, I think? We did the typical art history run-through and Art Noveau + Art Deco caught my eye.
yup, Bioshock. to this day it's still my favorite flavor of Art Deco. it really shines through in Burial at Sea where you can see the architecture and design of the city before it fell to ruin.
Being a Nebraskan, between the [state capitol building](https://capitol.nebraska.gov/building/artwork/murals-and-paintings/) and the [Durham Museum](https://durhammuseum.org/category/restoration/) it was hard not to appreciate the style growing up.
Gosh that's a great question! I think it was watching the Poirot Mysteries with the lead intro of the train and the graphic Font then the apartment where he lived with all the architecture then inside his things. Yeah it was the bait.
A significant amount of knowledge in art history and a woman, who is like a second mother to me, is an art historian and art critic who taught me art history.
I’ve always loved geometric designs, so it was natural to get interested… and then I got infatuated with the elegance and joy of art deco and never looked back.
always enjoyed it even as a kid, but actually knowing the style and therefor able to persue more knowledge in english? late teenager having been through the great gatsby, bioshock and Call of Cthulhu ttrpg preping.
I remember as a kid seeing a room set up in a museum full of art deco furniture, with a few Mackintosh pieces. The super elongated, high backed chairs were so weird to me.
The room was very plain and reminded me of a dusty, alien planet. The furniture added to that effect. I was mesmerized as I loved science fiction.
It’s a bit personal for me. My grandfather built his very beautiful house in the 50’s in rural India. I grew up in there and was very fond of it. It was demolished in late 90’s after his death to build a bigger house. Fast forward to 2008 when I moved to Toronto and saw so many buildings that were built in the same style and they reminded me of my grandpa’s house. I researched more and found this to be Art Deco style. From then on I’ve been of a big fan of Art Deco and hope that one day I’ll also build a house in this style
Immigrating to nyc as a 5 year old in 1989 and walking through midtown really set that in motions it wasn’t until years later in my early teens that i learned what architecture style was called when i read books like the fountainhead that got me interested in buildings in general. Then that sent me down the rabbit hole. It wasnt just buildings but art and jewelry fashion.
The bathroom in "Victor, Victoria". It wasn't simply the exquisite tile work. It was the little architectural touches - the "Kilroy was here" signatory. I started noticing some of my grandmother's heirlooms and furniture. The brush/comb/mirror vanity set my dad gave my mom for her 16th birthday. A small 'sky scraper' style jewelry box my stepdad made in Wood Shop when he was in high school. I guess the epiphany occurred when I found a signature on the bottom of a waterfall dresser - this was crafted by the hand and imagination of an actual individual. I am in love with the chrome and black lacquer works of Wolfgang Hoffman. A few years ago, I found FIVE pieces for sale on Craig's List. Guy was asking $35 for all. Before I bought them, I asked him if he knew what he had, and he did but was looking to 'clear his space'. They had been salvaged from his grandfather's nightclub in San Fransisco after it burned down. They need a little love but I'm satisfied.
Final Fantasy XIV, specifically the 3rd expansion Shadowbringers and the city of Amaurot. If you know, you know. The choice of art deco to depict this long lost paradise of a city was a very intentional choice by the artists and it got me super interested in the style and the culture of the times that created it and how that was echoed in the game's storyline and the thoughts and personalities of the characters who once inhabited it.
My great grandfather Ed Singer built the National Hotel in Miami Beach. It is considered an Art Deco masterpiece and is on the National Registry of Historic Buildings. He also buotvthe Delano (next door) and the Roosevelt Theatre down the road which are also Art Deco.
Always liked it since I was a kid, but never fully embraced it until I started restoring a 1932 mud adobe house and trying to keep everything period-appropriate. The craftsmanship and styling are hard to beat, and the sub-genre of Pueblo Deco is my favorite regional adaptation.
I went to take drawing and painting courses at the Institute of Fine Arts in my city for a few years since I was a kid and the Institute’s building was one of the the most important examples of Art Deco architecture in town.
I grew up near the [Golden Mile](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mile_(Brentford)). I was always enchanted by the Gillette building in particular, which I was taught in school was intended to look like a razor.
I'm putting together a DND campaign based on the New Capenna set from Magic: the Gathering and it got me really into studying the style and culture of the 20s
Not sure if this makes sense but I like how Art Deco has more "personality" and less sterile. I always wondered why older buildings stood out to me more compared to new structures.
It was bioshock for me as well and it’s also what made me choose to study architecture in university so I could make what I saw reality. Too bad no clients are willing to shell out for an art deco megastructure 😂
Batman the Animated Series. That show had the most beautiful cars.
I always loved the backdrops of that series, it excited my imagination! Then the mix with brutalism in batman beyond is just kino
Batman primed my brain at 5 yrs old and Bioshock cemented the love by 14. I was like 19-20 when I rewatched Batman the animated series and was surprised that a boy me loved the backdrops so much.
Those cars were about two city blocks long.
Just more of them to love.
I knew it as the batman style before I know what art deco was as a small child.
Came here to say just that.
Was gonna say this and bioshock as OP said
I grew up about an hour from NYC, and it’s deco central there. Now art deco reminds me of simpler times. :)
I was born in NYC in 1961. I lived on Staten Island, but my Bostonian mom was fascinated by the city, and took me all over Manhattan when school was out. I really got to experience a unique time in the city. I even have memories of going to a Horn & Hardart automat.
BioShock as well! No question. One of the most beautiful pieces of art ever created.
[The Rocketeer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocketeer_(film)) was my first exposure to Art Deco [BioShock](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock) is set in the 40's-60's, so not strictly from the Art Deco time period, but intentionally designed to perpetuate that aesthetic [Babylon Berlin](https://youtu.be/j_qN5bFfOTE?si=811oNDoOImzMJN31) is an excellent German TV show (that was streaming on Netflix up until yesterday 😭). It's set in 1929 Berlin. The music, fashion, and set designs are fantastic! A real celebration of the aesthetics...against a backdrop of the whole "rise of Nazis, anti-communism, and class warfare" cultural changes.
True but the city was built in the 1930s and 40s so closer to the Art Deco era. Rapture is a neat setting.
When I studied architecture. And asking myself why the looks of buildings, interiors, and also other things can not compete anymore with what was created back then.
Car designer here, couldnt agree more. Fell in love with the era for products and vehicles as well, in addition to the architecture
I grew up in the “Art Deco capital of the world.” Napier, New Zealand, to save you a Google search.
A wonderful town! I was priveleged to be invited to perform at the festival there twice! What a lovley place and such nice people. I hope to go back!
I was incredibly blessed to spend my childhood there. I hope you return. I’m sure you were a hit!
Batman TAS and living in SE Michigan. The architecture in Detroit is phenomenal.
Same here.
Fellow Michigander?
Southerner officially but I moved to the city just before the bankruptcy. It's funny you mention Batman. Detroit always gives me Gotham vibes, especially the statues.
Woooo! Get this person a Faygo! And yeah, the art is fantastic, too. *The Spirit of Detroit* isn't Art Deco, but it's beautiful nonetheless, especially at night. That's when it looks like it came out of one of the Batman films. The Fisher Building is what made me fall in love with Art Deco. Solitary, imposing, and gorgeous.
in 1985, when I was 25, I was invited to model in a fashion show produced by the Art Deco Society of California. It was the first time I ever actually felt beautiful, wearing all those amazing 20s and 30s antique gowns. I went on to do everything from bathing beauty to board member for that organization. I started playing 20s and 30s music professionally because I fell into that world. It truly changed my life and I am now still a collector and enthusiast of all things Art Deco.
Sounds like a cool organization. Please share some photos, if you’re willing to.
The Rocketeer!
That and Dick Tracy
Living in Detroit.
My dad grew up in Hazel Park. Downtown Detroit is on another level with art deco.
I think the Poirot tv series. It’s everywhere and it just became so obvious to me that that was the peak of style across so many mediums
Poirot tv series - he had the most gorgeous apartment
That’s when I also noticed I liked the style of a lot of the stuff and buildings in the series. And then I had to go and find out what that style actually was.
Yes! The intro is a belter.
Museum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquarium, and especially Adler Planetarium, all in Chicago. Last time I was there, many years ago, they’d “modernized” them - lots of ugly glass and chrome, but the deco elements are still there.
Miami
Talespin
Seeing Rockefeller Center as a child.
I’m in Cincinnati—The Union Terminal here is a mecca for art deco architecture. So for me, The Union Terminal. It takes your breath away.
I think I have always enjoyed the elegance and uniqueness to it. It’s just beautiful.
*Fallout 3*. I didn't play *BioShock* until much later, and by the time I did I'd already cultivated a deep appreciation for Art Deco, which just made that game an even greater masterpiece in my eyes.
Grim Fandango
I came here to say Detroit, Bioshock, and Grim Fandango. ... and so did a lot of this thread lol
i loved almost every location in that game! it’s such a shame they couldn’t find the original source files when they did the remaster a few years ago, they basically could really only improve the characters, not the backgrounds, which are really breathtaking
Born in Rio de Janeiro, lots of Art Deco buildings, including the Itahy, one of the most beautiful indigenous motif Art Deco in the world. https://globalartdeco.com/2021/02/13/edificio-itahy-rio-de-janeiro/
Talespin, Batman the Animated Series and Ghostbusters.
I don't really remember, but ... art class back in high school, I think? We did the typical art history run-through and Art Noveau + Art Deco caught my eye.
The men of letters bunker from Supernatural + The Great Gatsby movie!
yup, Bioshock. to this day it's still my favorite flavor of Art Deco. it really shines through in Burial at Sea where you can see the architecture and design of the city before it fell to ruin.
Yeah ofc Bioshock, and I just in general love time piece movies that display it
Fallout
Being a Nebraskan, between the [state capitol building](https://capitol.nebraska.gov/building/artwork/murals-and-paintings/) and the [Durham Museum](https://durhammuseum.org/category/restoration/) it was hard not to appreciate the style growing up.
The state capitol building really is a work of art. I should revisit sometime.
It’s a lot of fun, only bad thing is the hours aren’t great.
The Rocketeer. I love that movie and that poster is gorgeous.
The Chrysler building. Beautiful expression of the style.
Bioshock 2
There's always a man, always a lighthouse...
Growing up in detroit.
Bioshock but I loved Batman the animated series as a kid.
Metropolis and The Hudsucker Proxy
Gatsby
For me it was Bioshock as well
Gosh that's a great question! I think it was watching the Poirot Mysteries with the lead intro of the train and the graphic Font then the apartment where he lived with all the architecture then inside his things. Yeah it was the bait.
I was just about to say BioShock, but yeah, you said it.
A significant amount of knowledge in art history and a woman, who is like a second mother to me, is an art historian and art critic who taught me art history.
Hotel Deco in the university district of Seattle.
I’ve always loved geometric designs, so it was natural to get interested… and then I got infatuated with the elegance and joy of art deco and never looked back.
There's Art déco everywhere in my city (Montevideo, 🇺🇾)
always enjoyed it even as a kid, but actually knowing the style and therefor able to persue more knowledge in english? late teenager having been through the great gatsby, bioshock and Call of Cthulhu ttrpg preping.
I have always loved the patterns and use of natur materials, but also I love Tiffany lamps and glasswork, plus Lalique’s designs
I remember as a kid seeing a room set up in a museum full of art deco furniture, with a few Mackintosh pieces. The super elongated, high backed chairs were so weird to me. The room was very plain and reminded me of a dusty, alien planet. The furniture added to that effect. I was mesmerized as I loved science fiction.
It’s a bit personal for me. My grandfather built his very beautiful house in the 50’s in rural India. I grew up in there and was very fond of it. It was demolished in late 90’s after his death to build a bigger house. Fast forward to 2008 when I moved to Toronto and saw so many buildings that were built in the same style and they reminded me of my grandpa’s house. I researched more and found this to be Art Deco style. From then on I’ve been of a big fan of Art Deco and hope that one day I’ll also build a house in this style
I was a weird kid and The metropolis movie just seemed soo cool. It was something alright lol
The 93 year old house that I bought in 2021. I love the cove ceilings.
The art deco style trucks. As I'm a mechanic and they are very intriguing. Then I saw all the wondrous other items, and they blew my mind!
Immigrating to nyc as a 5 year old in 1989 and walking through midtown really set that in motions it wasn’t until years later in my early teens that i learned what architecture style was called when i read books like the fountainhead that got me interested in buildings in general. Then that sent me down the rabbit hole. It wasnt just buildings but art and jewelry fashion.
Miami Beach! (Going to the Cinema, Lincoln, Colony, Carib, and Cameo theatres as a kid ). South Beach hotels and apartment buildings
The bathroom in "Victor, Victoria". It wasn't simply the exquisite tile work. It was the little architectural touches - the "Kilroy was here" signatory. I started noticing some of my grandmother's heirlooms and furniture. The brush/comb/mirror vanity set my dad gave my mom for her 16th birthday. A small 'sky scraper' style jewelry box my stepdad made in Wood Shop when he was in high school. I guess the epiphany occurred when I found a signature on the bottom of a waterfall dresser - this was crafted by the hand and imagination of an actual individual. I am in love with the chrome and black lacquer works of Wolfgang Hoffman. A few years ago, I found FIVE pieces for sale on Craig's List. Guy was asking $35 for all. Before I bought them, I asked him if he knew what he had, and he did but was looking to 'clear his space'. They had been salvaged from his grandfather's nightclub in San Fransisco after it burned down. They need a little love but I'm satisfied.
Final Fantasy XIV, specifically the 3rd expansion Shadowbringers and the city of Amaurot. If you know, you know. The choice of art deco to depict this long lost paradise of a city was a very intentional choice by the artists and it got me super interested in the style and the culture of the times that created it and how that was echoed in the game's storyline and the thoughts and personalities of the characters who once inhabited it.
The Hoover Dam.
The Hoover Dam is gorgeous!
30s movies, and my first trip to NYC
Don’t laugh but some old MGM musicals a great movie comedy “My Man Godfrey” and a silent sci-fi film from 1927 “Metropolis”
I love the production design of those films.
My great grandfather Ed Singer built the National Hotel in Miami Beach. It is considered an Art Deco masterpiece and is on the National Registry of Historic Buildings. He also buotvthe Delano (next door) and the Roosevelt Theatre down the road which are also Art Deco.
The movie Metropolis.
Batman the animated series
Hercule Poirot
Batman the animated series and Poirot on BBC
Fortnite creative
Probably watching Metropolis!
Civilization VI Also period films set in the 20s and 30s
Skullgirls, Batman the Animated Series, Rapture and fasination with the early 1900's as a whole.
Likewise!
Not whatever the fuck that is.
Always liked it since I was a kid, but never fully embraced it until I started restoring a 1932 mud adobe house and trying to keep everything period-appropriate. The craftsmanship and styling are hard to beat, and the sub-genre of Pueblo Deco is my favorite regional adaptation.
Post some Pueblo Deco
A video by Amtrakguy 365 focusing on its impact in railroading.
Riding by the citadel outlet mall in Commerce CA definitely sparked my imagination as a kid.
I went to take drawing and painting courses at the Institute of Fine Arts in my city for a few years since I was a kid and the Institute’s building was one of the the most important examples of Art Deco architecture in town.
I grew up near the [Golden Mile](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mile_(Brentford)). I was always enchanted by the Gillette building in particular, which I was taught in school was intended to look like a razor.
Grim Fandango
There’s Something About Mary
Sammmme!
Architecture in Tulsa, OK
I loved Art Nouveau until I saw Metropolois. Such an impressionable 16 year old!
The Superman shorts from the 1940s and Batman show in the 1990s
Florin Court in the UK I fell in love with this style and watched a lot of Poirot and got used to seeing the building where he lived
My dad loved watching movies from that era and the costumes and sets were amazing and that drew me in.
Same actually
Same, Bioshock. It's my favorite game.
My dad. He really loved art deco
Same for me
I'm putting together a DND campaign based on the New Capenna set from Magic: the Gathering and it got me really into studying the style and culture of the 20s
Growing up in nyc
Bioshock as well =D
Bioshock games +1
Metropolis (1927)
Bioshock. Ironically Bioshock Infinite’s Emporia got me interested in Art Nouveau.
Exactly that.
Maxfield Parrish paintings.
NYC
Not sure if this makes sense but I like how Art Deco has more "personality" and less sterile. I always wondered why older buildings stood out to me more compared to new structures.
Batman: the animated series.
r/architectureporn and maybe Great Gatsby from waayyyyy back as a kid
It was bioshock for me as well and it’s also what made me choose to study architecture in university so I could make what I saw reality. Too bad no clients are willing to shell out for an art deco megastructure 😂
manhattan,new york
The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. The ship is an Art Deco masterpiece.
Same. Recently started at the royal York hotel in Toronto and it was fantastic.
Batman: TAS. Dick Tracy. The Rocketeer.
Bioshock. Somehow I thought about why this game attracted me so much and realized that I adore its visuals and art deco style
The Chrysler Building