Icons of '1950s' Design: Dali's Lips and the Smeg Fridge

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Fifties design is still influential, even today. So much so, that many pieces that are often thought of as fifties actually aren't. Dali's 'lips' sofa and the Smeg fridge both ooze retro chic, but they are from vastly different eras. Even so, they would look great in a fifties-style home.

The fifties were a period of intense change and excitement. With the world having at least partly recovered from the ravages of the Second World War, a new generation of consumers was born in a world of atom bombs and baby boom. Mid-century design has filtered down from that era to this, but has become so muddled in the public consciousness that several iconic 'fifties' designs aren't actually from the period. Classic pieces such as the Smeg fridge and Salvador Dali's 'lips' sofa have a timelessness which allows them to fit into any home.