A personalização dos ambientes domésticos através do uso dos estilos vintage e retrô na decoração contemporânea

Abstract

This work is a study on the use of vintage and retro styles in domestic arrangements, considering the decorative order, the relationship between fashion and interior design, the meanings attributed to artifacts, the construction and representation of identities. The research aims to understand the characteristics of the vintage and retro, explore their ways of appropriation and constitution as strategies for customizing home environments. Its main sources discourses were found in Casa Claudia and in Casa e Jardim magazines, specializing in decoration, published between 2002-2011. In the reports, both the texts and images are important features for understanding of the types of arrangements characterized as vintage, whose main property is the use of artifacts from the past, or as retro, classified as objects that take advantage of current technological resources, but that refer to the past. Through some articles published, I intend to discuss the importance of material culture as a resource for building models lifestyle. Although the discourse of magazines favors the understanding of vintage and retro as forms of customization and expression of individuality, I want to highlight their social and cultural nature, showing the set of rules governing their meanings and forms of use.