Colours used:
Note that orange is the "it" colour right now as written in previous post
- Green
- Gold
- Orange
- Brown
- Cream
- Chrome and polished steel in combination with red, blue, and yellow
- Timber flooring became popular again (I looked it up and its actually quite nice)
- Shag carpet
- Rubber flooring was introduced into residential homes (where as before it was used in a more industrial setting)
- Clear glass cube lamps
- Innovations with the dimmer switch, fibre optics, track lighting, and low watt lamps
- The Colleoni Lamp (for Knoll) designed by Vico Magistretti
- The Panthella Lamp by Verner Panto (Image below of modern Panthella influenced lamp)
Furniture:
- 1st Modular seating system by Burkhard Vogtherr (made in 1971)
- Frank Gehry's "Easy Edges" furniture (Image below)
- Designers used plastic materials due to the oil crisis of 1973
Today wallpaper has made its way back into residential design. Rather then papering all walls in a print, most people are choosing to use it as a focal wall. I love the paper that I have shown below.
- Large prints- influenced by the 1920's and 30's
- Metallic wallpapers
- Muted/dull colours
- Wood paneling
Here are some modern interiors that I like that have a 1970's influence:
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