Still Preoccupied With 1985

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-_0SYomSRIU-DV1m98VmFae4cEGITzllbZ2pZn2uqZdRhS94Khzoh2qCYwrx7wYHJfG6gDhUo_Vkw5xlSiWVcfGjYsy2dhlLd7tQpkBxkz-y-XwrBf7GIrsRr9KpYSLQAWsxiVMGNlXu/s1600/swatch-361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-_0SYomSRIU-DV1m98VmFae4cEGITzllbZ2pZn2uqZdRhS94Khzoh2qCYwrx7wYHJfG6gDhUo_Vkw5xlSiWVcfGjYsy2dhlLd7tQpkBxkz-y-XwrBf7GIrsRr9KpYSLQAWsxiVMGNlXu/s1600/swatch-361.jpg" /></a></div>Flipping through <a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> magazine the other day, I came upon this image by sister design team, <a href="http://kirstenkelli.com/press.html#" target="_blank">Kirsten Kelli</a>.  The Keith Haring artwork here, immediately took me back to the mid-eighties, and more significantly, a prized swatch watch that I had proudly worn then.  Beyond bummed that I literally have no idea what happened to this watch, as I would love to see it again.  A fervent online search revealed only this version, <i>mine was bright red</i>, but this is pretty close.  Like a Proustian Madeleine, I was instantly transported back to this decade, which now in hindsight seems like one giant John Hughes film.  Do any design elements ever make you feel nostalgic?</div>

Still Preoccupied With 1985

Flipping through Veranda magazine the other day, I came upon this image by sister design team, Kirsten Kelli .  The Keith Haring artwork he...

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