Avoiding tiki faux pas - General Tiki

T Trader_Rick Member Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Oct 08, 2002 Posts: 155	T Trader_Rick Posted posted on Wed, Nov 6, 2002 1:15 AM Very interesting thread so far. So far, everyone has bagged on Pier 1, but no one has mentioned Cost Plus. Unlike Pier 1, I have noticed that Cost Plus has a lot of stuff from Indonesia, which is technically a Pacific Island/Polynesian. Would this be considered tiki, or is it too close to Asia? What about the Philipines for that matter? Personally, I really dig their stuff from Bali, and I think the African stuff kinda fits. After all, most Les Baxter album covers feature decidedly African art on them, not Polynesian.

Very interesting thread so far. So far, everyone has bagged on Pier 1, but no one has mentioned Cost Plus. Unlike Pier 1, I have noticed that Cost Plus has a lot of stuff from Indonesia, which is technically a Pacific Island/Polynesian. Would this be considered tiki, or is it too close to Asia? What about the Philipines for that matter? Personally, I really dig their stuff from Bali, and I think the African stuff kinda fits. After all, most Les Baxter album covers feature decidedly African art on them, not Polynesian.

Post #12905 by Trader_Rick on Wed, Nov 6, 2002 1:15 AM