Ultra Swank is a blog that takes you back in time into the kitsch, chic and swank living of the 1950s to the 1970s. We mainly focus on the design, architecture and the lifestyle of the happy-go-lucky and space-age living mentality from that era. Including; architecture, interior design, furniture, ephemera, books, art, design, advertising, music, events, travel, amazing people like Arne Jacobsen, Mies Van der Rohe, Pierre Koenig, Joseph Eichler, Eero Saarinen and much more.

Behind the Swank

Ultra Swank was initiated by Chris in September 2005 to share his passion for everything retro – whether it is design, music, architecture, movies, photos or product recommendations from an honest and playful eye. Chris is a Swedish web developer and creative magician by day and a swinging bachelor by night who shares his time between time traveling into the past and daydreaming about exotic places. If you want to connect with me, you can follow Ultra Swank on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. If you want to get in touch with me directly, please use the contact page.

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Become a contributor

The blog is all about sharing, if you have a great idea for a article or anything that would fit the style of it, please head over to the contribute section and submit it to get your chance to be in the lime light.

Watchable

500 Days of Summer, Almost Famous, American Graffiti, Band of Brothers, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Catch Me If You Can, Dawn of the Dead (78), High Fidelity, Get Carter (71), Great Expectations, Hustle, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Lost in Translation, Mad Men, New York Waiting, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Best of Everything, The French Connection, The Ipcress File, The Italian Job (69), The Paper Chase, The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (74), The Warriors, What Dreams May Come, Where Eagles Dare

All the rest

All photographs, images, product names, quotes and otherwise are copyrighted and/or trademarked by their respective owners. Ultra Swank is powered by the lovely Wordpress system with a whole bunch of swell plugins and uses Cufón technology to render the typefaces which are Futura Medium and Century Gothic.