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| 1925 |
| | | A fashionable new style, Art Deco, derives its name from a Paris exhibition called the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Industriels et Modernes | |
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| 1926 |
| | | English potter Michael Cardew sets up a studio at Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire | |
|  | Earhenware jar, Michael Cardew
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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| 1927 |
| | | 28-year old Staffordshire potter Clarice Cliff launches a range of highly coloured geometric designs that she calls Bizarre Ware | |
|  | 'Berries' candlestick, Clarice Cliff, c.1935
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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| 1928 |
| | | Marcel Breuer, working at the Bauhaus, designs the classic version of his tubular-steel cantilever chair their homesr | |
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| 1929 |
| | | Mies van der Rohe designs his famous Barcelona Chair for the German pavilion at the Barcelona World Fair | |
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| 1931 |
| | | Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli introduces a successful new line for women in the form of the padded shoulder | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The Spanish Civil War causes the Basque designer Cristobal Balenciaga to move his business to Paris, capital of the fashion world | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Finnish designer Alvar Aalto develops a bent plywood three-legged stool, specifically designed for stacking | |
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| 1940 |
| | | English potter Bernard Leach publishes an influential manual, A Potter's Book | |
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| 1940 |
| | | Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen design an 'organic chair' for mass production in moulded plywood and aluminium | |
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