Post #682936 by tikilongbeach on Thu, Jun 20, 2013 9:06 AM

My in-laws are part native Hawaiian and they do not understand what tiki is. Some of them were born in Hawaii (Maui) and some were born in Los Angeles and Orange County, CA during the heyday of tiki. I'll blame their lack of knowledge on their strict Christian upbringing. To them tiki is Jimmy Buffett and brightly colored grinning tikis.

To me the phenomenom of tiki is the all-encomposing aspects of it on a brief period in our history. It influenced architecture, books, entertainment, housewares, clothing, music, drinks and food. What other so-called fad has left that kind of mark?

This is an article that was in the Getty Magazine regarding tiki architecture.

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/long-live-tiki-the-whimsical-soul-of-midcentury-modern/