SPIRIT OF PROGRESS, the Journal of Art Deco Society Inc. is sent to members four times a year. Each issue is packed with features and information about all things Deco.

Articles are written by society members and cover topics of local and international interest. If you wish to contribute an article for a future edition of the Journal please download a copy of the ADS Contributor Guidelines. Contributor Guidelines.pdf (108k)

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Below are the covers of some recent editions of SPIRIT OF PROGRESS along with the articles that were featured.

SUMMER 2008
• Buying Petrol & Oil - Service Stations
• Ashtrays & Art
• A Short Visit to Dessau
• Bauhaus & Tel Aviv - The White City
• Haciendas & Hollywood - Spanish Mission Style
• Lonsdale House - Under Threat!!
• Kalakala
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Book Reviews, Brian's Mail Bag, A World of Deco, Deco Directory, Deco Doings and Supporting the Spirit of Deco - Membership Acknowledgements

SPRING 2007
• Where will they Park? - Parking Garages
• The Last Terrazzo Sink Top?
• Industrial Art Deco in Brunswick
• The Berg - The Place to be!
• At Home in the Library - Book Arts in Australia Between the Wars
• Australia Calls You - Australian Art Deco Travel Brochures
• Mystery of the General Motors Holden Building - Who Designed It?
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Book Review, Brian's Mail Bag, A World of Deco, Deco Directory, Deco Doings and Supporting the Spirit of Deco - Membership Acknowledgements

WINTER 2007
• Reviving & Celebrating Moree's Art Deco Legacy
• Up in Smoke!
• The Singapore Experience
• Veneer's Coming of Age
• Melbourne - A Great Art Deco City
• Canberra - National Art Deco, Pre World Congress
• Janette - Albion Street St Kilda East
• Art Deco Motion Picture Theatre Closes in the UK
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Diary, Book Review, Deco Directory, A World of Deco, Deco Doings and Supporting the Spirit of Deco - Membership Acknowledgements

AUTUMN 2007
Ninth World Congress on Art Deco - Special Edition
• Art Deco Adelaide
• Art Deco in Tasmania
• Domestic Deco in Sydney
• At Home in Early Canberra
• Moderne Melbourne
• Art Deco Domestic in Perth, WA
• Art Deco Housing in Brisbane
• 'Troppo' Architecture, Domestic Deco in the Top End
...and President's Report, Preservation News, A World of Deco, Deco Diary, Book Reviews, Deco Directory, Deco Doings and Supporting the Spirit of Deco - Membership Acknowledgements

SUMMER 2007
• The AWA Radiolette
• World Congress Update
• Rhys Hopkins - A Quiet Revolutionary
• Floor Coverings in the Art Deco Era
• Art Deco Manifico - The Dicator's Car
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Brian's Mail Bag, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Supporting the Spirit of Deco - Membership Acknowledgements and Deco Directory

SPRING 2006
• Art Deco Bridges of Melbourne
• From Canton Club to Melbourne Cricket Club: The Architecture of Arthur Purnell
• What is a World Congress all about?
• Collecting Clarice Cliff on a Budget
• Art Deco in South America - Brazil
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Brian's Mail Bag, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Supporting the Spirit of Deco - Membership Acknowledgements and Deco Directory

WINTER 2006
• Triumph of the Reptile - Tango & Dance in the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century
• Roy Prentice - Centenary Architect
• From Cinema to Coles - A Process of Adaptive Re-use
• Art Deco South America - Buenos Aires
• German Art Deco Ceramics - The Rise and Fall of Spritzdekor
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Brian's Mail Bag, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Membership Acknowlegdgments and Deco Directory

AUTUMN 2006
• Art Deco Makeover
• Overseas Influences on the 'Spirit of Progress'
• Alan Bogle - A Brief Biography
• Shanghai - Beyong the Bund
• Myer Buildings - Listed by Heritage Victoria
• Brian's Mail Bag: Rendering Repairs
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Book Review, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Membership update and Deco Directory

SUMMER 2006
• An Elegant Feminity - Fashions in Ladies wear from 1929 to 1939
• Holidaying at Lorne - Art Deco Style - Circa 1954
• Bill Merritt - Continental Style and Australian Sun
• The Marcel Wave
• Art Deco India
• Brian's Mail Bag: Rendering
...and President's Report, Preservation News, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Membership update and Deco Directory

SPRING 2005
• Learmonth - A home of note in North Caulfield
• Deco-rated Glass
• Edgar Gurney - Putting people into houses
• Enjoying Art Deco in London
• Event Report - Deco in the Dandenongs
• Art Deco Cinemas
• Brian's Mail Bag: Terrazzo
...and President's Report, Preservation News, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Membership update and Deco Directory

WINTER 2005
• New York World Congress
• Our First World Congress - Members Report
• Joseph Plottel - A man ahead of his time
• Washington Fashion Show
• Members Homes: Riverside - The restoration of an Art Deco gem
• Prams and Pushers
• Brian's Mail Bag: Steel Framed Windows, Old Fashioned Flushers
...and President's Report, Preservation News, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Membership update and Deco Directory

AUTUMN 2005
• Streamlining & Steam - The Spirit of Progress
• Members Homes: My-Thahn & David Potter, Leal
• Trays, Trolleys & Tables
• Colour me modern - Norman Seabrook
• Brian's Mail Bag: Timber finishes & paint stripping
...and President's Report, Preservation News, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Membership update and Deco Directory

SUMMER 2005
• Places We Love: Moderne Nam
• Big Band Swing - The Soundtrack of an Era
• The Barlow 'Bookends"
• Summer in Style
• Brian's Mail Bag: Hiding the TV and Stereo, Timber Veneer Repairs and Reproduction
...and President's Report, Preservation News, A World of Deco, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Membership update and Deco Directory

SPRING 2004
• Places We Love: Art Deco Hospitality in the West
• Let's Do It - An Adventure in Nuptials
• Stuart Calder - Designer and Preserver
• Having a Tropical Ball in Innisfail
• City East Walk
• Colour, Texture & Pizzaz: Art Deco Fabrics
• Brian's Mail Bag: Slot Head Screws, Re-silvering of mirrors
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update and Deco Directory.

WINTER 2004
• Places We Love: Taroona Hotel, Hobart
• Broadway Melody - Birth of the Movie Musical
• Designing Art Deco in Victoria - James Wardrop
• Machine-made & Modern - Art Deco Furniture of the Thirties
• Desperately Seeking Dorney ...in the Dandenong Ranges
• Brian's Mail Bag: To Chrome or not to Chrome, Original Switches, High Gloss Painting
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

AUTUMN 2004
• The Herman Miller Furniture Company
• Designing Art Deco in Victoria - R.M. & M.H. King
• The Apartments of Elwood
• It's Melbourne in 2007!!
• Sunlight & Simplicity, Art Deco Window Treatments
• A Little Bit of Powder: Compacts and Powder Boxes
• Places We Love: Patience... but also Patients
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

SUMMER 2004
• Taliesin, west versus mid-west: A Frank Lloyd Wright experience
• Mistress of the dark rites of firing and glazing
• The Weissenhofsiedlung
• Herman Miller wins prestigious 2003 National Design Award
• Karlie McDonald - Inspiration for a Deco Clock Tower
• The Sun Theatre, a new dawn
• Renovating with Reg - Information Sources
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

SPRING 2003
• Places We Love - Saved from Demolition, 420 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria
• Streamline in the South Island
• Deco Surprises
• Metropolis and the Silent Movie Experience
• Exploring Hobart's Art Deco Heritage
• Illiffe Gordon Anderson - The Melbourne Years 1929-1941
• La Lisanne
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

WINTER 2003
• Places We Love - Lempriere Ave, East St Kilda, Victoria
• Picquot Ware - Delayed Deco
• Art Deco 1910-1939, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
• Musical Gems - The Gold Digger Series
• Yarra Valley Survivor
• Exploring A Deco Domain - Walking Western South Yarra
• Asmara - Cappuccino Deco
• Cape Town - 7th World Congress on Art Deco
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

AUTUMN 2003
• Places We Love - Adelaide High School
• Sexy Saxs - The Art of the Deco Saxophone
• Deco Ceramics - Made in Japan Style
• What do we do with Art Deco buildings?
• Renovating with Reg - Art Deco Glass
• French Flair and Functionality - Art Deco Furniture
• Miami Art Deco Weekend 2003
• Canberra's Black Saturday
• National Trust Heritage Home Show
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

SUMMER 2003
• Places We Love - The City of Bendigo, Victoria
• Beaumont Estate - The thrill of the chase
• Bloomsbury Murder Mystery - Death in Daylesford
• Walthamstow, London, E17
• Celebration and Conviviality - The 10th Anniversary Gala - A delightfully debonair occasion
• Bangles, Beads, Buttons and Boxes - The versatility of Bakelite
• Two Churches
• Ten Years of Growth - AGM 2002
• Open Heritage - Behind closed doors
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

SPRING 2002 - '10th Anniversary Edition'
• The Centre Ivanhoe
• Art Deco Society Inc. - A Retrospective
• Martin Lewis - Stepping into the light
• Seabrook and Fildes: More than MacRobertson Girls High School
• Burnham Beeches - An Art Deco Wonder in the Hills
• Art Deco Week in Hobart
• Big Bands of the Art Deco Era: USA, UK and Australia
• Innisfail - Art Deco in the Tropics
• McPherson's Building, Collins Street, Melbourne
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

WINTER 2002
• Anteaters to Zebras - Art Deco Animals in Architecture
• The SS America, A Classic Ocean Liner of the Late Deco Era
• Agatha Christie's Art Deco Golden Era
• An Abundance of Art Deco Architecture, East Melbourne Walk
• Book Reviews
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, Deco-File and Deco Directory.

AUTUMN 2002
• Carlton Ware - An Australian Collection
• What is an Art Deco Fireplace?
• Art Deco Fireplace Restoration
• Art Deco Landscapes
• A Nostalgic Visit to Hobart Hotels of the 1930s
• Book Review
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, and Deco Directory.

SUMMER 2002
• From D24 to Concept Blue
• Interior Design: Renovating with Colour
• Return of the "Deco Reno" Seminar
• Art Deco in Australia: Sunrise over the Pacific
• Annette Kellerman: Australia's Million Dollar Mermaid
• Memories and Movies: AGM 2001
• Mackintosh and Vienna: The Beginnings of Art Deco Style
• The Passionate Preservationist
• Book Review
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, ADS in Tasmania, Membership update, and Deco Directory.

SPRING 2001
• Electric Island - Art Deco in Tasmania
• My Life Dedicated to Art
• Melbourne's Interwar Streetlamps
• Inside the Hoover Building
• Illuminating your Renovation: Art Deco Lights & Lamps
• Melbourne City Art Deco Walk
• Book Reviews
• Stage & Screen
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, SADV in Tasmania, Welcome Aboard, and Deco Directory.

WINTER 2001
• French Opalescent Glass of the 1920s and 30s
• Paris 30s Gem Under Threat?
• The Tulsa World Congress
• Art Deco and the Texas Plains - Fort Worth and Cowtown Moderne
• Chicago - My Kind of Town
• Hitting the High Notes in Tulsa, USA
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, SADV in Tasmania, Welcome Aboard, and Deco Directory.

AUTUMN 2001
• Biba's Art Deco Revival
• Moonee Ponds Moderne
• St Kilda Baths
• Renovating with Reg - Fences and Gates
• Memories of the Wrest Point Riviera Hotel
• Remember The Thin Man
• SADV launches its new web site
• Vale - Sir Donald Bradman
• Deco Directory
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, SADV in Tasmania, Welcome Aboard, Book Reviews and Deco Directory.

SUMMER 2001
• Deco Hospitals - Can they Survive?
• A Stitch in Time
• Our Kitchen Deco Reno Experience
• Deco Framing - It can be done and we know how
• The Reverso Wrist-watch - An enduring classic
• J Esmond Dorney Revisited
• Art Deco in Burradoo
• A Walk in Dulwich Hill
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, SADV in Tasmania, Welcome Aboard, and Deco Directory.

SPRING 2000
• Our Sporting Spirit
• Seedy - But Streamlined!
• A Deco Wedding
• Do-It-Yourself Deco Brings Out The Renovators
• Renovating with Reg - Deco Plaster
• Jazz and Art Deco - Partners In Time
• Summer Olympics of the Art Deco Era:
• Did You Know?
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, SADV in Tasmania, Welcome Aboard, and Deco Directory.

WINTER 2000
• A Penny a Pattern
• Backless for the Bold
• Notes on the composition of Art Deco Pianos
• Walter Burley Griffin and St Kilda
• Industrial Architecture in the UK
• A Grand Hotel in the Blue Mountains
• Deco Metal
• J Esmond Dorney - Architect
• Little Green Jug, I Love Thee...
• Rivoli Cinema Complex Report
• Notes from a new Member
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, SADV in Tasmania, Welcome Aboard, and Deco Directory.

AUTUMN 2000
• A Symbol of the New Age
• A Quiet Retirement
• Pleasure Dome Plus - A Deco Bathroom
• A Very Vitrolite Affair
• Tasmania Visit
• Feminine Fancies
• Getting a Handle on Deco Knobs and Fittings
...and President's Report, Preservation News, Deco Doings, Deco Diary, SADV in Tasmania, Welcome Aboard, and Deco Directory.

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