Styles
17 February 2022
As vintage fashion and design become more popular than ever before, how does the euphoria of the 70s-80s-90s affect design? While the health crisis has exacerbated a form of nostalgia for the « world before », the need for comfort and optimism is felt. In order to reinvent the « world after », creators are remixing the utopian aspirations of the 1970s to 1990s with contemporary demands.
The approach: a relaxed, even radical aesthetic, reinterpreted popular codes, and a good dose of creative freedom. A leap into the past to bring out the aesthetics of tomorrow: this is the theme of the first Goodmoods Trendbook. A digital booklet, conceived as a digest of inspirations, which proposes in 24 themes and more than 80 pages an analysis of this « Retro-fantasy », to be discovered right here.
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NOSTALGIA
GEEK
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MOUVEMENT
POST-MODERN
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CODES
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STYLE
RETRO
Goodmoods dedicates its first trendbook to the Retro-Fantasy theme
As spokespersons for a utopian vision, designers dared to be extravagant and reinterpreted the codes of design by drawing on the baroque and anti-minimalism of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Memphis stripes, tubular, whimsical and strange shapes inspire. Maria Cristina Didero, Yolk Studio and the UAU Project brand pay tribute to the colourful totems of Italian designer Ettore Sottsass.
The humour of the Memphis movement is reflected in the design
As spokespersons for a utopian vision, designers dared to be extravagant and reinterpreted the codes of design by drawing on the baroque and anti-minimalism of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Memphis stripes, tubular, whimsical and strange shapes inspire. Maria Cristina Didero, Yolk Studio and the UAU Project brand pay tribute to the colourful totems of Italian designer Ettore Sottsass.
Benethon colours & 1993 ikea catalogue: popular references are not lacking
Singularity is the order of the day : ultra-bloated shapes and zoomorphic design bear witness to this
Introduced during the postmodern period, the bloated and plump forms are once again enveloping design. An inspiration that gives rise to creations that are increasingly inflated with singularity among today’s designers. Following the example of Philippe Malouin with his resolutely contemporary bulbous Mollo armchair and Sam Stewart with his Aengus chair, design plays with forms to better prioritise emotion over function and breathe life into the idea of a comforting future.
More than ever, design is pushing the boundaries of kitsch and placing experimentation at the heart of the creative process. Objects and furniture borrow their features from the absurd and zany creations of Radical Design designers, and interiors are transformed into sensual galleries of curiosity, such as the Stitch stool by Eny Lee Parke, which resonates with the fluffy staircase by Nanda Vigo.
Radical design or creative climax ? Discover the analysis in the goodmoods trendbook
Rounded portholes, soft touch materials, corrugated windows and clear materials, immaculate cells, integrated techno… Everyday life is thought of in an increasingly reduced habitat that is in line with the utopian aspirations of the space age of the 1970s. The Aesop shop in Houston, with its futuristic minimalism, and the ultra-optimised uni Mini Flat designed by Daniele De Gregorio and Riccardo Fornoni, are invitations to space exploration.
Refraction, reflection, light transmission and colour effects… While mirrors and reflective surfaces give an impression of infinite extension in the image of 1970s interiors, wavy glass and clear materials blur the view. Materials and colours echo, reflect and combine in a whirlwind of light. A disturbing vintage influence !
