Panton Chair for 260 Dollars.  

Unfortunate to hear such...
Unfortunate to hear such broad generalizations. There are many amazing "white plasticy" designs that, I personally, love. Here are a few.....the list of others is voluminous.

Each to their own I guess,...
Each to their own I guess, in my generalising mind there are two types of retro: kitsch and classy. The kitsch looks like it belongs in Austin Power's apartment, objects for easily pleased hedonists and drug takers, and the more intellectual or classy stuff that looks like Steve McQueen's living room or Foucault's office. Generally you get more white plasticy stuff in Austin Power's pad.

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Are you saying the top picture is the Austin powers type?
And as for the Steve Mcqueen pad with its ye olde hanging lamp, tudoresque coffee table and god awful candelabras seriously!!! Steve is on the phone to find out what happened to his cool pad while he was away filming and who in gods name killed his pet tiger?
(disclaimer I dont know if that is a tiger, lynx or cheetah but it has been so long since I went big game hunting so please forgive)

" in my generalising mind...
" in my generalising mind there are two types of retro: kitsch and classy."
So, you are saying that Richard Sapper, Joe Colombo and Enzo Mari's designs fall into the kitsch category? I'm realizing as I type this now, that I'm just wasting my time....you simply don't get it and likely never will.

Well, I'm new to this....
Well, I'm new to this. Perhaps my tastes will change over time, or I'll get more into other styles. Just like heavy metal is, to the classical listener, "just noise", yet to the heavy metal afficionado it is a polytextured and complex music, maybe I'll get into what I call the "kitsch" stuff at some point in the future. At least I'm willing to admit that I make design generalisations occasionally (we all do I suppose, it's called categorisation, but then again, I suppose you evade categories do you?)
And of course it might not be "cool" for me to make the odd controversial value statement on these forums but then again, how boring would it be if we all restrained ourselves with our hands tied by ourselves behind our backs, trying to keep our fingers on the pulse of what is "trendy"? Of course, if we did that, many of us on this forum would be talking about how great high street stuff is.
And of course Jesgord, there is not an objective "it" that I have to get, the nature of which you conceived and arbitrate over, so, er... nurr.

No need to try so hard...
No need to try so hard honey, your concept already has been commercialised
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455538/

If I collect all of...
...those mugs from Philadelphia Museum of Art, will they kindly put Joan Miro's Dog Barking at the Moon back to display?
http://www.philamuseumstore.org/istar.asp?a=29&search=%22deptgift%20clas...

Maybe I should order something,
to fund Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki?
But what kind of design we will see there? Paavo Väyrynen cups perhaps? Even SNK Neo Geo console is more likely to be included than Seppo Lehto's video art? The cartridge system was designed to resemble Bang & Olufsen.
http://www.guggenheimstore.org/

I agree with Lit Up, White...
I agree with Lit Up, White Plastic = Kitschy.
That Joe Columbo chair is tacky as hell, looks like a reject from the Dr. Who set.

To each his/her own.
To each, his own.

Aside from the kitsch,...
Aside from the kitsch, plastic isn't a material that I associate with luxury. In my room, everything's mostly leather and teak... some oak/bronze/glass/steel... the only plastic stuff is the keyboard I'm typing on.