Art Deco inspiration in Lannion

Office de Tourisme, Lannion

During the interwar period, Lannion is transformed and adopts the codes of Art Deco, an artistic movement born at the beginning of the 20th century and widely spread in the 1920s. Born from the 1925 Paris International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, this modern style is defined by geometric lines and stylized motifs. In Brittany, Art Deco finds a distinctive echo with the Seiz Breur group. These artists and artisans aimed to modernize Breton creation by drawing on old popular arts, reinterpreting them in architecture and decorative arts. Their ambition: to embellish daily life without renou…