E68. Questionable design trends

Building Design, Prime Time

In this episode of the Building Design, Prime Time Podcast Frank and Amelia take a trip down memory lane and reminisce about a variety of past questionable design trends, highlighting both their appeal and impracticality. They start by poking fun at outdated elements like old wallpaper, shag pile carpet climbing walls, and the use of asbestos, while reflecting on why these trends occured at the time and if they are likely to return.

The conversation shifts to furniture and home design features such as waterbeds, living room bars, and Chesterfield sofas, as well as less favourable trends like timber toilet seats and chandeliers adorned with cheap plastic and wallpaper.
Frank and Amelia also reflect on materials like stone cladding and velour upholstery, considering how some trends, like faux stone, have improved in modern designs.

Despite the dated aspects of many of these trends, Frank and Amelia express an appreciation for the quality of vintage home design, especially in 1960s kitchens with their unique features like tiled benchtops as well as bright Laminex benchtops in bright orange and green.
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