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Biomorphism before biomorphism.. Hôtel Guimard, Paris, 1912 by Hector Guimard. He is best known for his Art Nouveau subway entrances to the Paris Metro, but fell out of fashion in his own lifetime.

Biomorphism before biomorphism.. Hôtel Guimard, Paris, 1912 by Hector Guimard. He is best known for his Art Nouveau subway entrances to the Paris Metro, but fell out of fashion in his own lifetime. 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/04/hector-guimard-forgotten-designer-art-nouveau-metro-entrances-paris-museum

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There was an article about Guimard in The Guardian today, didn't realize he ended up in exile in US to escape the Nazis. Surprisingly sad story, really.

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I’ll have to read it, thanks for sharing. I never thought of Guimard as having been forgotten. His fingerprints are still all over Paris after all this time.

There was an article about Guimard in The Guardian today, didn't realize he ended up in exile in US to escape the Nazis. Surprisingly sad story, really.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/04/hector-guimard-forgotten-designer-art-nouveau-metro-entrances-paris-museum

here's to beauty out of fashion 

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Similar organic feel to Gaudi who died long before falling out of fashion and before his work was even completed!

Yes, Bauhaus and Modernism took over the paradigm from 1919 onwards. WWI being the catalyst

beauty 

I also love the font on the Paris metro