Aww yeah. If this doesn’t scream heinous-but-amazing, I’m not sure what does. We’ve featured the epic photoblog, My Parents Were Awesome, but with so many incredible submissions of people’s parents “back in the day,” bloggers have been able to filter through and create their own niche collections—like this one that Apartment Therapy called, ‘My Parents Were Awesome… But Their Decor Was Not.’ Wood paneling, patterned wall paper, shag carpets, tweed sofas… while many things old are new again, some things are better off left in the past and enjoyed only in photographs.
Parents, you better watch out: those photo boxes of yours are so getting raided over the holidays!
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Retro Home Decor
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop modern reinterpretations of retro decor elements for a nostalgic yet modern home aesthetic.
- Niche Photoblogs
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create niche photoblogs that curate specific types of nostalgic content, such as retro home decor.
- Raiding Photo Collections
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative services or technologies that make it easier for people to organize, digitize, and share their old photo collections.
Sectors Adopting This
- Home Decor
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introduce a line of retro-inspired home decor products that cater to the growing interest in nostalgia.
- Content Curation
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build a platform that allows users to curate and share niche content collections, such as photoblogs focused on specific themes.
- Technology
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create user-friendly photo scanning and organization software that simplifies the process of digitizing and preserving old photos.
