Through my research on the retro style I’ll take into consideration color schemes, lighting, artifacts, ornaments, wall coverings, and floor coverings.
What is Retro?
“The post war fifties and psychedelic sixties saw a move towards more brighter and bolder colors most likely as a backlash to doom and gloom of the war torn forties. Basically, Retro style of interior design can be described as taking a little bit of the past few decades into the present in order to create a new style of interior design that is both modern and fun.” (a1-articledirectory.com)
Getting the Retro Look
The retro style could be created but yet in a modern way through using some elements that define the style such as:
• Old fashioned signs, juke boxes
• Bold & bright colors (turquoise, jade, mint green, pink, sunshine yellow, cherry red, blue, black and white)
• Abstract furniture with weird yet wonderful shapes, curvy coffee tables (round, oval, kidney shaped, boomerang shaped)
• Materials that were introduced in the 50’s & 60’s such as Formica, plastic, fiberglass, and plywood.
• Geometric patterns and shapes.
• Highly polished chrome for furniture or for ornamental purposes.
• Teak and Pine were popular materials.
• Textured rugs and prints
“Blow up furniture was introduced along with disposable materials like cardboard so no longer did furniture have to last for years; it was possible to change the look of your home as often as you felt the urge”. (a1-articledirectory.com)
Retro Furniture:
1) The Ball Chair
The Ball Chair is a famous example of retro furniture. The designer Eero Aarnio designed the iconic chair for his personal use in 1968. The concept behind the chair was a room within a room. He wanted to have his own personal space within his family house; somewhere peaceful but still didn’t exclude him from the rest of the house. The chair is formed with the use of a simple geometrical form, which is the sphere. The chair stands on a swivel base, which allows it to rotate around.
I found the concept behind the Ball Chair very interesting; as it gives people a sense of privacy even when they’re around people. The results of the survey I distributed showed a number of people wanting to be around people while having their privacy at the same time; so I think that using this chair at Skoon would be a great idea as it merges between the 'retro style' and 'privacy'.
“Materials: The fibreglass ball is built onto a metal swivel base and is upholstered with a foam/fibrefill. Dimension chair: height: 120cm, width: 120cm, and depth: 90cm.” It costs £569.
2) The bubble Chair:
After designing the Ball Chair Eero Aarnio started to develop his ideas further an ended up with the Bubble Chair. The new chair resembles the bubble chair in its physical characteristics but the concept behind it was different. The ball chair secluded its user while on the other hand the bubble chair was transparent and didn’t seclude its user totally.
“Despite visually connecting the user with the external space (where the Ball Chair divides) the Bubble Chair shares the same acoustic properties, absorbing and reducing external sound, this quality means that it creates a zone of tranquility even in a noisy area.”
The chair costs £752.
references:
http://www.a1-articledirectory.com/Article/Interior-Design-Retro-Style/89308
http://www.iconicinteriors.co.uk/bubblechair.shtml
http://www.ovalinteriors.com/
http://capperellafurniture.com/page.aspx?pg=design_styles
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