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Fashions come and go. Why are Apple compelled to use clean, aluminum and glass based designs? Why did the Web 2.0 crowd use rounded corners and gradients? Styles come and go. Most don't look particularly confusing at the time - just in hindsight :-) (Yep, current products will look out of date and retro in 2025!)


I don’t think that’s necessarily true. Some products will look out of date. Some won’t.

Here is a record player from 1956: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickwade/4130988683/in/pool-464...

And a tape deck from 1975: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8944091@N08/2068062385/in/pool-...

The technology is obsolete but I don’t think the design is.




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