Energy conservation contrasts with silicon chip technology. Excitement of the space race fades, Post-Modernism emerges. Punk makes the ultimate anti-fashion statement. The 'designer decade'. Yuppie design reigns supreme in 'matt-black '80s'.
Design equals desirability and status.
Used to sell all types of goods in the mid-eighties retail boom. By close of decade 'green design' emerges in reaction to frenzy of conspicuous consumption. Recession shakes design world, companies collapse. Designer decade gives way to new directions. Designers gear up for the next millennium.