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Kōrero: Graphic design

Art deco style

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Art deco style

The dominant style of the 1930s was art deco, exemplified by streamlined, geometric iconography and typeface. This Railways Studios poster from the 1930s features typical art deco typeface. 

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAOK W3241 25056 Box 2 Item 45

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hamish Thompson, Graphic design – Victorian design to modernism, 1890s to 1940s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/43805/art-deco-style (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hamish Thompson, i tāngia i te 13 December 2013.