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Nouveau = Odell
The heyday of Jugendstil or Art Nouveau was at end of the nineteenth century.
Winding plant motifs
With nature as a source of inspiration, rich decorations are used in interior
and industrial design and in architecture. Stylized plants and flowers wind over
surfaces and around corners.
Even some typewriters cannot escape this trend.
The Odell, Smith Premier
1, Bar-Lock and
Ford are witness to this.
Freaks of nature undesirable in professional environment
 Yet in a professional environment, these 'freaks of nature' are only granted
a short life.
Office machines should be uniform black, with dull, straight lines as the only
frivolity.
Examples?
The swing-round of the Smith Premier 1 to the
2.
Or the evolution of the Bar-Lock as shown below to that of a
few years later.
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