The two collaborated particularly on designs for the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris from April to October 1925, the event that introduced the style and gave it its name.
The main purpose of the Exhibit was to promote the French manufacturers of luxury furniture, porcelain, glass, metal work, textiles and other decorative products.
Inside it displayed it new furniture designs of Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, as well as Art Deco fabrics, carpets, and a painting by Jean Dupas.
[2] His success at the 1925 Exposition led to a commission to design the interior of the newest French transatlantic ocean liner, the Île-de-France in 1926, done entirely in the Art Deco style.
The highlight of the Normandie interior was the dining room, illuminated with rows of lighted columns of Lalique crystal.