Think: Retro
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Home enthusiasts passionate about antiques, old objects, and secondhand furniture
- Renovators hoping to incorporate nostalgic elements into modern spaces
- Beginner readers interested in art collecting and display arrangement
- Interior design professionals looking for case references on mixing old and new
Not a good fit for
- Readers who pursue brand-new, fully finished interiors and have hygiene concerns about old objects
- Low-budget renters who need quick renovations of rental apartments
- Readers who prefer a uniform style and dislike mixing
Reading tips
- Read by space type rather than page order, comparing how different cases handle the old-new relationship.
- When you spot a setting you like, pause to analyze the proportion and color relationship between old objects and surrounding modern elements.
- Take one of your own old furniture pieces and match it against the pairings in the book, thinking about where it might fit.
- Read alongside the rural volume in the same series to sense how the two atmospheres differ in materials and light.
About the publisher
Scientific and Technical Documentation Press has long focused on publishing in science and technology, medicine, and health. Its list covers applied psychology, popular science, medicine, health, and fashion, with an emphasis on turning specialized knowledge into practical reading for general audiences. Representative titles include psychology works such as A Girl's Psychoanalytic Treatment Notes and The Child, the Family and the Outside World, illustrated popular-science books such as The Dinosaur Encyclopedia: Theropod Dinosaurs and NASA's Ultimate Stargazing Guide, and health titles such as The Bible of Gynecology and Medical Matters. Its authors include the psychologist D. W. Winnicott alongside popular-science and medical writers. The press has developed distinctive lines in psychotherapy, astronomy and stargazing, women's health, and illustrated herbals, balancing scholarly rigor with readability.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 为什么是复古风？ 前言
- 新古典主义风格 复古帕拉第奥式建筑
- 20世纪70年代别墅 叙利亚古董柜
- 物品混搭 夏日别墅
- 从巴黎到纽约 色彩搭配
- 神秘氛围 战间期
- 被遗忘的设计 70年代
- 当代摩洛哥风情庭院 在顶楼
- 老房子 乡村风
- 维克多·奥古斯特 包豪斯热
- 潘顿塔 对比
- 幸运的发现 混搭风
- 艺术收藏家 斯堪的纳维亚灵感
- 结构上的改变 速战速决
- 环球旅行者 临时住所
- 几何图案 墙面雕塑
- 建筑自由 海星结构
- 与时尚脱节 超现实主义
- 水平建筑 17号套房
- 世博会 30年代
- 时尚与陶瓷 陶瓷工作室
- 150年历史 艺术装饰
- 建构主义艺术家 微妙的色彩
FAQ
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About the author
Public information about Piet Swinberg is limited, and his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background cannot be confirmed at present. Judging from the five works included in the database, his writing focuses on fashion, design, and social culture. Representative titles include Think: Eclecticism, Think: New Modern, Think: Vintage, and THiNK RURAL: Countryside, as well as a four-volume collection of the Think series. These titles suggest that he habitually uses "Think" as a framework to discuss the organization of styles and schools alongside the aesthetics of everyday life, covering eclecticism, modernism, and retro taste, and extending his attention to rural space and living culture. His approach tends to place images and ideas side by side, addressing general readers interested in design trends and lifestyles and offering Chinese-language readers an accessible entry point for understanding contemporary aesthetic styles.
Jan Verlinde is a Belgian photographer specialising in architecture and interior decoration photography. He has long collaborated with the Belgian art historian Piet Swimberghe, providing photography for the Think series of home aesthetics books, which includes titles such as Think: Eclecticism, Think: New Modern, Think: Rural and Think: Retro. Five related works are held in the collection, commonly classified under fashion, design and social culture. His work has appeared in magazines such as Knack Weekend and The World of Interiors. Public information is limited, and no records of his birth and death dates or early career are available. Judging from the existing works, he captures materials, light and furnishing details within spaces, offering vivid visual samples of different home styles that are of reference value to readers interested in interior design and lifestyle aesthetics.
Wang Zhanjin's publicly available information is limited; what can be confirmed is his role as the Chinese translator of the Think series of home aesthetics books. Working with authors such as Piet Swijnenberg and Jan Verlinde, he helped bring this series to Chinese-language readers, translating Think: Eclecticism, Think: New Modern, Think: Rural, and Think: Retro, published by Science and Technology Documentation Press in 2021, with a collected edition also included in the library. The books deal with interior design, furnishings, and living spaces, each themed around a style—eclecticism, new modern, retro, or rural—and belong to home aesthetics reading that crosses fashion, design, and social culture. The translations serve as a bridge for Chinese readers interested in contemporary Western living aesthetics and lifestyles, with the language suited to the heavily illustrated format and attentive to accurate terminology and smooth reading.
