1960's interior design

The interior design of Bumble's head quarters is very 60's inspired therefore I did some more research into 1960's interior design to see if this would give me any inspiration for my designing. There are some really nice connotations with the 60's such as the summer of love as well as love peace and happiness. I think these relate well to the values of the app, its a bit of fun and you can be carefree whilst on it. No one is there to judge, everyone is there for the same reasons: either to find love, make friends or make business connections. 

Pop art and op art both had a firm footing in the 1960s. Artists such as Andy Warhol and David Hockney with their pop art references to mass culture (soup cans, comic strips, images of icons like Marilyn Monroe) crossed over into interiors, and on to murals, wallpaper and posters. Similarly, op art with its use of pattern and colour to simulate movement found its way on to everything from furniture to wallpaper. The bright colours relate to Bumble and their strict use of yellow, pink and white.

 

Style, what relates to bumble?

• plastic and PVC
• disposable, throwaway
• multi-purpose furniture
• low-level
• revivalist 
• fun, witty 
• Open plan - make your house as open plan as possible. Use sliding doors and moveable screens to partition off rooms; one room should flow into another. 
• Colours - go for vibrant colours such as bright red, purple. Deliberately clash colours, for example, team tangerine orange with fuchsia pink. Black-and-white is also a typical colour scheme. 
• Wallpaper - must be psychedelic - look for vinyls in reds, purples, oranges with swirls and paisley patterns. 
• Lighting - choose from mesmerising lava lamps, neon-fibre optic lamps which change colour, Moroccan-inspired lamps or the ubiquitous paper lampshade. 
• Symbols - pick up a paintbrush and do your own psychedelic mural. Use paints that glow in the dark, or a black and white op art mural. Or try giant target 'Mod' symbols, or your own Warhol-inspired poster. 
• Accessories - add tongue-in-cheek accessories: display military uniforms on tailors dummies, Busby hats, and Victoriana such as coronation plates and royal memorabilia.

A popular colour paring used in the 1960's was fuchsia pink and orange which is very similar to the colour scheme used in the interior at bumble, I think it would be nice to bring this across in their design work to make the two more consistent. Playing on the 1960's theme could be really interesting and create a nice spin on things rather than an ultra modern design as I dont think this would go.