Contemporary design trend: consumer electronics adopting elements of fabric products.
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The use of the fabric tag as an integrated part of the design, which seems like a design cue which you would originally see on textiles/stuffed animals/furniture, but not historically on electronics.
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I must have been too young to have strong personal memories of that! I’ll have to try and look up some examples to see how/if it might be different.
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Though straps for small devices are typically nylon or other obviously plasticy feeling material. Dunno if clothing-like fabric feel is essential to the aesthetic you’re calling out.
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I’ll have to think about that more, and maybe look more closely at how it might have evolved in relation to other design trends. This is starting to seem like something which I could do more research & writing about in the future. 🤔
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