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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5596993" data-attributes="member: 15538">This might be a bit esoteric, but I want to make a comment about &quot;retro&quot; design. Retro design lies exists on a continuum between imitation and revival. The basic problem of retro design is that you are imitating something that was, at one time, original. Even if your imitation is a perfect pastiche of the inspirational material, the result imitates the results, not the process.On the other hand, if you go back to the basics and try to create something as the original material was created, you might create something rather different in form and style than the inspirational material. Example: Star Wars was inspired by the Flash Gordon serials, among other things. But Star Wars is not simply an homage to old space opera and adventure romance. It was created in their spirit, but blends in Eastern-influenced mysticism, political satire, science-fictional elements, WWII and Korean War era war romances, and Wagnerian mythmaking. It's something space opera-like, but it is... Star Wars.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 5596993, member: 15538"] This might be a bit esoteric, but I want to make a comment about "retro" design. Retro design lies exists on a continuum between imitation and revival. The basic problem of retro design is that you are imitating something that was, at one time, original. Even if your imitation is a perfect pastiche of the inspirational material, the result imitates the results, not the process. On the other hand, if you go back to the basics and try to create something as the original material was created, you might create something rather different in form and style than the inspirational material. Example: Star Wars was inspired by the Flash Gordon serials, among other things. But Star Wars is not simply an homage to old space opera and adventure romance. It was created in their spirit, but blends in Eastern-influenced mysticism, political satire, science-fictional elements, WWII and Korean War era war romances, and Wagnerian mythmaking. It's something space opera-like, but it is... Star Wars. [/QUOTE]

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