#retro-design

#retro-design

Music has become the backdrop to almost everything, cooking, working, reading, but the hardware that plays it often looks like a leftover from a tech store, plastic boxes that clash with furniture. There is a tension between wanting good sound in every room and not wanting your living space to feel like a gadget shelf. A speaker that behaves like hi-fi but looks like it belongs on a sideboard can quietly solve that.

The new Volkswagen ID. Polo's interior is charmingly retro, in more ways than one. It doesn't just pack a lot more buttons and physical controlsthe compact EV also features design cues from classic Volkswagen models, like the original Polo and Golf. Best of all: a digital "tape deck" view when you play music. Volkswagen loves to lean on nostalgia. But sometimes, it just doesn't work out.

Portable chargers occupy that weird space between essential and forgettable, living in bags until phones hit red battery warnings. Most focus exclusively on capacity and charging speed while looking like every other rectangular black slab available. They serve their purpose well enough, keeping devices alive through long days, but they offer nothing beyond that single function and tend to blend into the background of everyday carry items.

Welcome to the retro reset, where '70s, '80s and '90s aesthetics are getting a second life. It's not just in fashion and film but in home décor and tech. Whether you actually lived through it or long for a past you never experienced, nostalgia is fueling a surge of interest from Gen X to Gen Z in throwback styles that blend vintage charm with modern convenience.

Glitzy renovated kitchens make everyone ooh and ahh - the new appliances, the fancy flooring, the latest cabinets. Behind those renovations, though, is a hefty price tag. According to Realtor, the kitchen is the most expensive room of the house to remodel, averaging around $27,000 in the United States. For some homeowners, this kind of price tag is either completely unattainable or altogether not worth it, so they're choosing to embrace their old-fashioned kitchens instead.

Charmera is a mini digital camera that resembles the Kodak Fling single‑use camera from the 80s and 90s. It's the same size and follows a similar retro look, but instead of disposing of it after use, you can keep it and recharge it when the battery runs out. It also has a blind‑box element: you don't know which camera design you'll get when you buy one.

Real Madrid has unveiled their new third kit for the 2025-26 season, part of Adidas' retro range marking the brand's 75th anniversary.

Recreating the past with your own hands has an allure of its own. While modern technology races forward at breakneck speed, these five retro-style LEGO builds invite us to slow down and appreciate the design classics that shaped our world.

Kitchen Cosmo fosters a co-creative relationship between user and machine, generating personalized recipes based on available ingredients and parameters like cooking time and mood.

The Igloo Retro Picnic Basket Cooler is a compact cooler that can fit about 36 cans, with a sturdy lid that doubles as a seat.

The Buffalo HD-SKL isn't your standard hard drive; it's a limited-edition piece designed as a display, reflecting a nostalgia for retro designs.

The ASICS GEL-NYC Black on Black features a retro design inspired by early 2000s sneakers, incorporating elements from both the GEL-NIMBUS 3 and the MC-PLUS V.

The Retro R8 Mouse N Edition combines nostalgic 8-bit design with modern performance, offering gamers and productivity users a comfortable, high-tech accessory for any task.