Paper Retro Back to Basics Recalls ‘80s Gizmos

The high turnover rate of machines these days can make us lose sight of how some of our fondest teen memories go hand-in-hand with analog cameras, (now-)retro cordless phones, mix tapes or rolls of film. With that in mind, one creative couple, namely French designers Zim and Zou, has gone all techie wunderkind on us, with a trip down a memory lane littered with vintage electronics: Nintendo consoles, Polaroids, Floppy disks and the like.

Having just devised a new series of paper-based installations, or rather decoupages-cum-collages, the pair is inviting us to think back, “Back to Basics” as the umbrella title goes, and reflect on an age most of us have lived through – though, “thanks” to fast-evolving technologies, we’re in danger of forgetting.

At the center of Zim and Zou’s effective conceit is a vast array of scraps of colored paper, collaged into all kinds of gadgets and other types of blasts from the past. Here’s a making-of that shows Zim and Zou’s process as they dig up and breathe new, prettified life into the fossils of yore:

(Source: Fubiz.net)