Deco Strength
Star System
I use a star system to show Deco strength. Each camera is rated by how strongly it embodies Art Deco style, from iconic five-star classics to those with incidental Deco elements. It's a quick way to see at a glance how Deco a design really is.
| Rating | Art Deco Credentials |
|---|---|
 | Iconic: Defining and celebrated Art Deco design |
 | Significant: Strong and recognisable Deco features |
| | Noteworthy: Distinct Deco elements worth attention |
| | Modest: Subtle and restrained Deco influence |
| | Limited: Minor and largely incidental Deco elements |
Art Deco Design Cues:-
- Designed and manufactured in the 1920s and 30s
- Glamour
- Excitement
- Geometrical patterns and shapes
- Symmetry
- Vertical or horizontal lines
- Stepped features (Ziggurat style)
- Sweeping curves
- Lightening bolts
- Zigzags
- Chevron Patterns
- Unvaried repetition of elements
- Triangular and Trapizoidal shapes
- Streamlining
- Concentric circles
- Chrome and Aluminium
- Heavily decorated moulded Bakelite
- Shiny black or other coloured enamel
- Patterned leatherette
- Animal skin patterning
- Stylized organic forms
- Stylized natural forms
- Symbolism from older cultures - Egyptian, Mayan
- Sunburst motifs
- Bright Colours
- Relative simplicity
The Categories ⓘ
The Art Deco cameras on this site are divided into 5 Deco categories - Early Deco, Period Deco, Streamlined Deco, Deco Influenced and Late Deco.