Retro Upholstery Fabric

Retro Modern Furniture

The sleek lines and innovative design, and a focus on the usability of retro styles that true classics of modern furniture.

Inspired by the designs of the 1950s and 60s, Retro Modern furniture works great in the house today. His look clean, unfussy is incredibly versatile, making it a perfect choice for an urban chic apartment or a child-friendly family room.

The spirit of the years of the Postwar
The designs of the fifties were a reflection of the times. The postwar years were filled with a sense of enthusiastic optimism about the future, to break with the past and embracing all things new. The overall aesthetic of the period was one of informality and simplicity, a radical change in the ornate formality heavy, and the traditionalism of the pre-war.

The style of Retro modern furniture reflects the best of the era of mid-century, creating a unique combination of sophisticated style and reasonable comfort.

Retro Modern Style Features

– Lines of Clean: The hallmark of retro style Modern is a sleek and aerodynamic look. The simple but polished lines create a sense of visual lightness and space that really epitomize the modern aesthetic.

– A minimum of adornment: Retro modern furniture design is spare and uncluttered tissues, without any of the fluffy pillows, carved trim, marginal, very cloudy and other ornaments made typical prewar traditional decor. The "less is more modern retro sensitivity emphasizes the forms and materials, highlighting the design rather than decoration.

– Innovative use of materials: The designs of the fifties and sixties he welcomed the new materials and technologies that are transforming everyday life. Fiberglass, plastic, metal and bright formed, molded and sculpted in bold new ways impossible to achieve with the materials traditional construction. Even the use of wood changed radically from dark tones to lighter, more neutral tones. Retro Modern furniture accents the grain of the wood as teak, showing its natural beauty.

– Curves and asymmetry: the juxtaposition of straight lines and sensual curves creates an interesting dynamic in retro modern furniture, as does the use of asymmetric shapes.

– Clear, bright colors: non-traditional and aqua tones, pink, tangerine, turquoise, and sunny yellow were popular in the mid term. Colors cheerful energy, high with black and / or white accents were used on everything from wallpaper to upholstery, both as solids and combined into abstract patterns.

– Usability centered design: One of the factors that make a modern design in a classic retro furniture enduring is its focus on usability. The feeling is elegant and sophisticated, without looking, but – Don'T formality touch, and the simple clean lines and soothing and pleasant. Retro modern furniture that offers a combination of high performance and low maintenance, ideal for the busy lifestyle today.

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