You're totally welcome and, again I thank you for the kind words in return. You're right, some of the things we're doing are similar, while some aspects are quite different.



The primary interest in the aesthetics of the deco and nouveau era are clearly strong with both of us. I know I was never motivated by the recent surge of deco interest and diselpunk and I suspect you weren't either, it goes deeper. For me, it's been something driving me since college all the way back in 1992-93.



Deco, Nouveau, Cubism, Futurism, and modernist influences have always been lurking in me. Clearly deco has been at the forefront although Theos deco can be very mutated thing at times and obvious "deco" at others.



What I find interesting about deco is it has both one foot forward (clearly as it still looks futuristic and is influential today) and one foot in the past of it's time of origin (as it harkens to that time of growing decadence right before the depression hit and the continuing power of industry after though the war). To me it's an impressively diverse expression of artisan driven craftsmanship in everyday consumer products and the architecture we live in. Transposing that further into a fictional setting affords nearly limitless possibilities visually and thematically. It's no wonder deco is often seen in science fiction, with films like Metropolis starting this association and Blade Runner galvanizing it (as science fiction and through it's direct connection to film noir as noir).



It's been a privilege indeed to follow your explorations as well.