Art Deco vs Pochoir

アール・デコ / ポショワール

Art Deco comes from Historical Styles and Pochoir from Stencil Printing. One is style and the other technique. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.

Art Deco

Art Deco — クライスラー・ビルの鷲のガーゴイル 1930 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0Art Deco — 1925年パリ万国装飾美術博覧会のポスター — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainArt Deco — Antoine Bourdelle による1925年装飾美術博のポスター — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Stages urban luxury with repeating geometry and a metallic sheen.

Pochoir

Pochoir — Gazette du Bon Ton, “Mirage” by Paul Poiret, 1920 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0Pochoir — バルビエのポショワール 1922 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainPochoir — ポショワールのファッション図版 1923 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0

Builds print color stencil by stencil, giving publications the crisp planes and fine variance of hand coloring.

Art DecoPochoir
Era1920s–1930s1890s–1930s
FamilyHistorical StylesStencil Printing
KindStyleTechnique
CuesSymmetry / Radiating lines / Stepped motifs / Gold and blackSharp color planes / Stencil edges / Hand-color variance / Fashion plates
Best used forGiving an event a sense of occasion · Producing instant classic luxuryFlat, luxurious plates of fashion and ornament · Handworked color for limited editions
TypeTall, narrow geometric display typeFine serifs and restrained captions
CompositionCentered, symmetrical compositionCenter the figure or product; keep plane and margin contours clean
MaterialBlack, gold, ivory; repeated hairlinesOpaque spot colors layered per stencil; keep the small density shifts
CautionToo much ornament turns theme-park. Let white space carry the dignity.Not the same as flat vector fills. Design the stencil separations, printing order and hand variance.

Put these two together

Historical Styles ／ Stencil Printing

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