Inkulungwane engamashumi amabini anesibini ikhula ngokunyanisekileyo kwi-Retro. Ukuqinisekiswa okucacileyo kwalokhu kuphakathi kweMinyaka yeMinyaka-ntsuku: ukuchazwa kwamhlanje kweengxubusho ezingama-50. Ephakathi Kwama-Century - umxube wendlela yokusebenza yaseMelika kunye ne-bauhaus enhle, eneenkcukacha zobugcisa kunye ne-pop art. I-cocktail eyiphumela ibonakala ibulula kunokuba i-Art Nouveau yamandulo, kodwa ngexesha elifanayo liphumelela ekusebenzeni nasekufikeleleni. Ngokubanzi, umxholo wesimboli unokuchazwa ngamagama amathathu: i-universality, i-individuality, minimalism.
Izixhobo eziphambili ze-Mid-Century-2016 - ukukhanya kunye nendawo. Abaqulunqi batusa ukusebenzisa imibala "emihle" njengemibala engundoqo: ezimhlophe, eziluhlaza, isanti. Kufuneka bahlaziywe ngokudibanisa kunye nezinto eziqhelekileyo zokuhlobisa.
Iifenesi phakathi kwe-centuri-isitayela "segogo": imilenze ephakamileyo kunye namaqonga, ii-laconic designs ze-geometric, imithi yamatye ekhanyayo. Ukukhethwa kweempahla, izibane kunye nepeyinti kufuneka zithathwe ngokucophelela - kufanelekile apha malunga neempendulo ezingabonakaliyo, imibala enemibala kunye neendlela zokuqala zentsimbi ye-hi-tech.