The Art Deco Winter Masterpiece exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria finished yesterday and we decided to take our 3 kids in knowing full well that it would be, well, pretty full of people, and it was.  So we weren’t going to be reading all those didactics the guys installed, (didactics are the fine print forme cut lettering applied to the wall accompanying the exhibit), this was going to be a visual experience.  And it was a feast for the eyes.    Art Deco as a period seems to draw on so many influences and materials: exotic, ancient hieroglyphics, Japanese, Chinese, modern, geometric, colour, black and white, onyx and jade, beautiful lalique glass, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires, all cut to perfection and set in gold and platinum. This design period changed the shape of buildings and homes, cars, clothing, jewellery, ceramics, furniture, graphic design, font styles and it has to be my favourite period in design. 

It was also nice to see first hand all the work we did for this exhibition: gold stretches of vinyl over textured glass and lots of and lots of lettering, lots of plain black text but also gold text on pink film for the Art Nouveau section. Didn’t take any signage pics, so just these ones in the foyer …. (by the way we didn’t do these banners so can’t take the credit).

And another favourite Melbourne place, the MCG, even though the footy season has just finished too … but it looked so beautiful at the end of this stretch of the Yarra with all of the colourful sculptures in the foreground.  Back to cold today but yesterday was altogether beautiful and the city so vibrant and alive!