Innovative Nostalgia
Van MensvoortA battle is underway between designers and engineers; at stake is the design of our technological future. It rages …
Innovative Nostalgia is a design strategy that aims to smooth technological change by linking newfangled technologies with familiar phenomena. We feel more comfortable with technological changes when they are wrapped in a recognizable packaging by referring to accepted objects, habits, values, traditions or intuitions.
Linking modern technologies with old familiar phenomena: the nostalgia can refer to a phenomenon from your youth, your grandparents life, or even the ancient history of humankind. Back to the natural future?
‘Innovative nostalgia combines an understanding of the future with proven qualities of the past’
A battle is underway between designers and engineers; at stake is the design of our technological future. It rages …
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