Patina is easy to fake. A whole industry has grown out of the desire to own things with a sense of history, perhaps inspired by the denim industry from the late 70s). But whereas Retro design uses the visual cues and forms from an earlier age (something we’ve written about at length here), pre-patinated design goes further. For now, pre-patination is a decidedly left-field operation, catering to a particular niche – the steampunk fascination with tarnished brass and varnished wood, for example. But there are signs that the hunger for built-in history is crossing over to the mainstream, especially in areas that are particularly threatened by digital culture.
(Source: thingsmagazine.net)
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