Steam Iron in the Style of Art Deco

Object in the Style of was an individual project with the objective of rethinking a household product and redesigning it in a antiquated design style. The goal of this project was to remake a modern household product or appliance but in an antiquated design style and with all the constraints and challenges that brings, while still staying true to the principles of modern product design - mass producibility, sustainability, and recyclability.

I chose a steam iron and I chose to remake it with the style of Art Deco. Art Deco is a design style that is characterised by planarity, geometricity, and simplicity, lending products designed in its style to mass production, which made it the perfect design style to typify the Roaring Twenties - an era of industrial progress and economic prosperity. These principles lent themselves nicely to a steam iron, which also became more popular during this era as more and more households could afford them. Modern steam irons are primarily out of plastics, as opposed to typical irons in this time, which were made of steel other heavy metals.