The Secret History of the Bauhaus It is Bauhaus’ 100th birthday this year. The German art school is best known for its minimal, unadorned designs. Clean curves and geometry, it embraces the technical and the commercial. It was the quintessential movement of rational modernism. This is in direct opposition to Dada and Surrealism. Art movements around the same time, respectively,…

Why is Bauhaus such a big deal in design? From Weimar to Tel Aviv, visit the monuments to this century-old revolution. BY ANDREW CURRY ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | OCT 19, 2011 THAT IPHONE IN your pocket? Your simple Ikea bookshelf? The glass box architecture of your local office park? You can thank a century-old design movement for their sleek…

The term “Art Deco” has become a collective term for almost any object of conscious design, whether sophisticated or naïve, if it was created between the First and Second World Wars. Included in this bewildering array are objects arising from opposite philosophies and representing all levels of aesthetic quality. Art Deco, as the term is used today, has been applied…

The Art Deco – also called style moderne – movement in the decorative arts and architecture originated in the 1920s, and developed into a major style in Western Europe and the United States during the 1930s. Its name was derived from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris in 1925, where the style was first exhibited.…

Macassar ebony, Indian ebony, marble wood, coromandel, calamander wood, tendu, temru, tunki, timbruni. Ebony is a collective trade name given to all species of Diospyros, which have a predominately black heartwood, by contrast to the North American white ebony, also known as persimmon. Macassar ebony from Indonesia is more variegated still. With a heartwood that is dark brown to black interspersed with…

ECHOES GIULIANO BEKOR ART’s Echoes exhibit marks the second collaboration with Cygal Art Deco. Giuliano Bekor, an internationally recognized photographer, boasts a portfolio spanning fashion, beauty, celebrity, advertising, and fine art. Echoes, an electric and sensual series of photography, captures the interplay of oil, water and organic materials as they bleed together in a languid environment. Shot in- camera without…

Internationally recognized photographer, Giuliano Bekor, holds a portfolio that includes work from the realms of fashion, beauty, celebrity, advertising, and fine art. Giuliano’s photography has been featured in top publications around the globe, and his client list includes an endless file of beauty industry leaders, advertising agencies, celebrities, producers, and artists. With 30 years in the industry, Giuliano has perfected…

Cygal Art Deco opens first US showroom on the West Coast: Cygal Art Deco showroom opens in Los Angeles. Located at 741 N La Cienega Blvd, right in the heart of the high-end design destination in West Hollywood, the LCDQ (La Cienega Design Quarter). After an extensive renovation of the building’s interior and exterior facade, the first US Flagship store…

“Balancing and enhancing the environment where you find yourself today is one of the best ways to energize and manifest your goals, hopes, and dreams for the future.” THE WESTERN GUIDE TO FENG SHUI by Terah Kathryn Collins Beauty and aesthetics are highly personal and subjective. As much as art, furniture and anything decorative, which fills peoples lives and homes.…