Something I have wondered, are tastes kinda cyclical? New cool things eventually fall out of favour and then have a resurgence decades or more later on (think skinny jeans from the 70s reappearing in last few years, semi-ironic appreciation of Journey and other 80s music and so on).
And if so does this will this style come back into fashion? When all the laptops or PC hardware are sleek black or brushed aluminium will a nicely executed beige finish look bold, different and interesting enough to take over again?
As an example, Sony have a retro-style PS4 which is similar (but grey and not beige) - compared to the normal black one it looks really nice to me