Hasta La Ideas

Sure, it’s an advertisement, but if we’re going to have goods hawked at us, this is how we’d prefer it be done. To promote their color-shifting Hue LED bulbs, Philips put together this entertaining, too-short video showing how living rooms have evolved, starting in the Boardwalk Empire days and running up until today. While we’re presumably meant to focus on the lighting fixtures, the thorough set-dressing will capture your attention:

To be nitpicky, I’d like to have seen a little more Mid-Century Modern, and was it just me or did they seem to skip both the ’70s and the ’90s altogether?

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