Every generation has a certain fascination with the past, this can be attributed to a natural curiosity or even a sense of discovery!
Nostalgia is heavy on people who look back at the past fondly, everybody has a tendency to rediscover a lost time or even explore old memories of a bygone era. In recent years, exactly that has been happening, in all forms of consumption including media, there is a reinfusion of the ‘Retro’, from fashion to cinema, and people are yearning for a time that was much simpler. As the modern world is becoming faster by the second and distance no longer seems to be an issue, a huge section of the population is looking back with a sense of wonder, digital technology has made life condensed into the size of a hand, everything is now possible through a smartphone, yet these products from the past seem to have a resurgence recently.
In the era of smartphones, people are now craving to listen to songs on vinyl records again this can be attributed to the tangibility, of the Vinyl records, through wireless transmissions the sense of really listening to a piece of music and collecting it is virtually absent and online playlists really can’t be felt. The joy of choosing a vinyl record from a shelf and then manually placing it on a turntable is invaluable to those who cherish this kind of experience.
Since the digital camera has completely taken over the world, due to myriad factors such as time and accessibility, this has somehow made skills take the back seat, many photography enthusiasts are returning to old ways and shooting film, in a careful and considerate manner, all the thought the process in a lot more time consuming the physical evidence of films makes it a completely analog process which remains preserved much longer than a hard drive.
Even though the majority of writers would prefer to write on a computer or a phone, typewriters have seen a massive surge, old typewriters are being refurbished and used, and the sound and the feel of the product is iconic to whoever has used it before, also the instant gratification of writing out a page is second to none.
Old Chairs or large dining tables, old hardwood furniture, can either be part of someone’s heritage or just be a part of an aesthetic yet it seems to have taken over the world of décor lately retro furniture is all over the internet, and has become a statement piece in many homes.
