Post #431638 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jan 30, 2009 2:52 PM

Welllll....you certainly have ONE book there that nobody else here has, and MANY are eagerly awaiting...! :)

And if anybody has doubted my recent ruminations on the diluting of the term "Tiki style", here is as fine an example as any:
The distinctive "Tiki style metal pressed tray".

On 2009-01-25 15:17, bigbrotiki wrote:

"... as the term "Tiki" is becoming more widely used, and carelessly applied by the media for anything resembling generic tropical party fun (NOT an art form, or architectural and design style), the truly unique mid-century Tiki style (AND the Oceanic originals that inspired it!), are in danger of being forgotten. Calling all kind of things "Tiki" that stylistically are something else means a watering down of the style, eventually resulting in the loss of what made it so special in the first place."

...and:

"I do realize that I will not change what the general public will group together under their GENERIC term of "Tiki" nowadays, which includes everything from Hawaii, the tropics, and every grinning teeth image of whatever style. But I hold high hopes that here, on this board, there will survive a greater, more in-depth understanding of what Tiki Style is, and an ability to differentiate what it is not."

Do carry on now, folks. :D

PS.: I do not want to dampen your youthful Alice in Wonderland-enthusiasm, Miss Freek, merely to caution you, to hopefully make you stop and think here and there, and maybe even read some of the books you have there, ...especially those by that guy with that Scandinavian-sounding name. :)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-01-30 15:30 ]