(Re)make it new - by William Bostwick
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Harry Allen - My Brothers Frame
Nostalgia is a tricky thing. Do we really miss what we miss, or do we just like missing it? Who among us would voluntarily go back to middle school, that dismal cornucopia of bad hair, braces, and trapper keepers? And yet…the ’80s are back. It’s not just music, and it’s not just the last couple decades. Design has been going retro for years now as the recasting bug has swept the ID world, and everything’s fair game, from turn-of-the-century hunting-lodge chic to baroque ornamentation. But enough is enough.
