Hey, Remember When…

You watched something on TV and then it was over? You didn’t look it up online, record and watch it later on DVR, or On Demand, Google it on your cell phone? People must have been better at describing things back then.
1. Jonas Damon’s Retro Wooden TV iPad Case 2. LG Classic TV

You enjoyed listening to the radio and it was the only way to listen to music without using a CD, tape or record? Sometimes even called them and requested your favorite song? (“The Birds and the Bees”, if you’re me, and 9. Yep.)
1. iHome iP4 FM Stero Boombox 2. Victoria Nostalgic Internet Radio

You could call someone 100 times in a row and they had no way of knowing it was you? I called my best friend 20 times in a row after I called the radio station.

1. Native Union Pop Handset for iPhone 2. Retro Handset Dock for iPhone

You went to the store, bought film, put the film in the camera and only then could you take photos? Then you’d take them to Rite Aid or the local photo store to get them developed…and then go back days later to pick them up? Crazy.
1. Olympus Pen E-PL2 2. La Sardinia Lomo Camera 3. Olympus Four-Thirds DSLR

I’d be a liar if I said I didn’t use and depend on modern technology, but some of the designs we worked so hard to move away from are charming and utilitarian. Hell, at the time they were designed they were cutting edge too! The marriage of the new technology and retro design is welcome ’round these parts anytime.