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Art Deco music widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

An Art Deco music widget shows the song that is playing with play, pause and skip controls. Ivory, black and gold with fine symmetrical line work. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Art Deco music widget design preview: Ivory, black and gold with fine symmetrical line work. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What an Art Deco music widget shows

A now-playing widget shows cover art, the track and artist, a progress line and three controls. It works with whichever app is playing, not one particular service.

Reading the current track needs Android's notification access and a media connection, which is a Pro feature in WidgetCraft. The controls send play, pause and skip to the app that is playing.

How the Art Deco style shapes it

Art Deco widgets take the look of 1920s posters and hotel signage: thin gold lines, strict symmetry, tall elegant capitals and ivory or black grounds.

Photos: Frame photos with a double gold border and keep them centered.
Text: Use tall thin capitals with wide letter spacing and center every line.
Bars and rings: Use thin gold arcs, fans and double outlines; keep everything symmetrical.

Art Deco music widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #F6F0E1, corner radius 4, outline 2 pt #1C1A16
Image	cover art 140 × 140, radius 0, connected to media artwork
Text	track title, Poiret One, size 20, color #1C1A16, one line
Text	artist, size 14, color #7A6F58
Progress	a thin 4-point bar, 156 wide, progress #B8892E
Shapes	previous, play/pause and next; play in #B8892E, others in #1C1A16, each with a tap action
Ornament	a second 1-point gold outline inset 9 points, with two short diagonal gold lines across opposite corners
Font	Poiret One (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Art Deco color palette

Ivory #F6F0E1Background
Champagne #EADFC6Surface and tracks
Onyx #1C1A16Text
Bronze grey #7A6F58Labels
Gold #B8892EAccent

How to make an Art Deco music widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #F6F0E1 and the corner radius to 4. Add a 2-point outline.
Open Data and set up the media connection; Android will ask for notification access.
Add an Image layer, 140 × 140 with radius 0, and connect it to the cover art.
Add two Text layers connected to the track title (size 20, #1C1A16) and the artist (size 14, #7A6F58).
Add a Progress layer as a thin 4-point bar in #B8892E, then three shapes for the controls. In Tap, assign previous, play/pause and next.
Add the Art Deco ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a second 1-point gold outline inset 9 points, with two short diagonal gold lines across opposite corners.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

The layout and styling are free. The live data connection for this widget needs WidgetCraft Pro, a one-time purchase.

Tips for Art Deco music widgets

Center the layout and mirror the left and right sides.
Use gold only for lines, never for large fills.
Long titles must truncate on one line; never let them wrap into the controls.
Make each control at least 48 dp wide so it is easy to hit.
The widget only shows a track while a media app has an active session.
Do not left-align; Deco depends on symmetry.
Do not use heavy bold type.

Ready-made Art Deco templates

WidgetCraft includes a Art Deco template pack you can import and edit instead of starting from a blank canvas.

Personal crest19 editable layers

The world salon36 editable layers

Year in gold21 editable layers

Questions about the Art Deco music widget

What size is an Art Deco music widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Ivory (#F6F0E1) for the background, Onyx (#1C1A16) for the main text, Bronze grey (#7A6F58) for labels and Gold (#B8892E) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

The Art Deco design is free to build. Showing live track details needs the one-time Pro upgrade.

What else is this style called?

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