Abstract

In the modern times, people’s desire for beauty has increased with improvements in cultural standards after rapid economic growth. As a result, affection-centered visual needs have become more diverse. Increase in such sensitivity level has brought a great attention to art and design even in daily life. Nail design has also expanded its realm as a genre of formative art by releasing a wide variety of artistic styles. With a goal of satisfying the diversity and personalization of these visual needs, therefore, this study has attempted to expand design ideation by suggesting decorative art movement-based nail styles. For this, decorative characteristics were analyzed and used for nail styling by reviewing the artworks of Rene Lalique, the most celebrated art deco designer in art nouveau. Art nouveau is the most popularly recognized art movement during the Belle Epoque, which has almost all art elements that modern nail design needs. This study proposes diversity in ideation for nail design by suggesting nail styles with 5 artworks as motives.

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