neotraditional
Modern meets heritage
Neotraditional describes styles that revive or reinterpret traditional forms with modern sensibility.
In music, neotraditional country returned to acoustic instruments and classic themes after the pop-influenced sounds of the 1980s.
In tattooing, neotraditional work uses bold outlines and limited palettes like old-school flash but with more detail and shading.
Architecture, design, and other fields use the term similarly: a neotraditional neighborhood with front porches and walkable streets.
Skilled manual worker
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- mixed-useCombining different functions
- walkabilityFoot-travel suitability rating
porch · gables · shingles · townscape · streetscape · colonial · contextualism · facade
Of the present age
- fusionJoining into unity
- reinterpretationNew understanding of something
- updatedMade current or modern
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
retro-modern · nostalgic · ornamental · decorative · period-style · timeless · refined · elegant
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
ceremonies · lineage · heirloom · indigenous · mythology · oral-history · craftsmanship · artisanal
craftsman
Skilled manual worker
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- mixed-useCombining different functions
walkability · porch · gables · shingles · townscape · streetscape · colonial · contextualism · facade · roofline
contemporary
Of the present age
- fusionJoining into unity
- reinterpretationNew understanding of something
- updatedMade current or modern
hybrid · retro-modern · nostalgic · ornamental · decorative · period-style · timeless · refined · elegant · curated
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
rituals · ceremonies · lineage · heirloom · indigenous · mythology · oral-history · craftsmanship · artisanal · handmade
flash
Brief burst of light
pinup · old-school · shading · swallows · daggers · hearts · banners · nautical · skulls · panthers
- urbanismneighborhood, subway, sidewalk, urban planning, traffic
neotraditionalavant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
iconoclastic · revolutionary · radical · nontraditional · countercultural
neotraditionalfuturist
Tomorrow trends scholar
experimental · avant-garde · futuristic · forward-looking · cutting-edge
neotraditionalgroundbreaking
Introducing radical new ideas
trailblazing · boundary-pushing · rule-breaking · disruptive · unprecedented
traditional, tradition, traditions, traditionalism, traditionalist, traditionalists, traditionally, newest, renewal