Braun Pocket Radio circa the 1960's and Jonathan Ive's iPod

Today I was browsing through Fast Company’s write-up of  ”The Decade’s 14 Biggest Design Moments” and in the beginning of the  list was “2002: Midcentury Modern Renaissance”. The list continued to include several items that themselves were filled with hues of design past (smaller is better ideals, iPod, propaganda posters etc). It struck me, because I was not expecting a look back to be one of the biggest “moments” of today. Recently, I watched an indy film called “RiP A Remix Manifesto“, the film focused on a generation of music which borrowed pieces of it’s past to create it’s present. When reviewing Fast Company’s Design moments it was clear that this extended to design as well. We are a generation of remixers.