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“Why doesn’t every car have a flybridge?” That was a question posed to custom carmaker Randy Grubb. You’ll ask it, too, after taking a spin in the Decoliner — Grubb’s monument to the majesty of both the Art Deco era and the open road. You can steer it from the roof, which is built like a motorboat console. Or you can peek inside and witness what a craftsman of vision and dedication can accomplish.
Link -via Jalopnik (where there’s a video)
Tamara de Lempicka is my favorite Art Deco painter, so this image inspired by her work makes me happy. It was composed by deviantART user lymanalpha.
Link -via Comics Alliance
O. Ray Courtney was a designer from the 1930s-1950s who applied Art Deco stylistic principles to motorcycles. Pictured above is a 1936 motorcycle that he built in that style from a 1930 Henderson, carefully restored by its owner, Frank Westfall. You can view more pictures of this beauty at the link.
Link via Make | Photo: Knucklebuster
Nothing draws attention like oversized objects, and when you’re traveling along the highway, hungry people notice big food. During the 1930s, buildings that look like something else popped up all over to draw in travelers, and many still exist. See 24 examples of appetizing architecture in this collection. Shown is the Big Duck in Flanders, New York. Link -via the Presurfer
Photo via Artnet, auctioned by Sotheby’s New York from the Estate of Cecile Singer
Actually, that’s An Important and Unique Cat, a marble sculpture by Swiss sculptor Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, an artist of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movement. But I couldn’t resist pointing out the similarities to the Dark Knight – via The Zeray Gazette
