"Our references can be classical, based in aesthetics like Art Deco, but pared back a little for today," explains interior designer Bryan O'Sullivan (who has designed spaces at Claridge's).

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Art deco designers shared a common desire to create a new aesthetic appropriate for a modern industrialised world, but the way in which this impulse was expressed visually could differ widely.