Here’s something for the bachelor (or bachelorette) pad that has everything. Michael Gillette is the creative genius behind these unique covers of Penguin’s Ian Fleming James Bond novels that have instantly became iconic classics with every retro lover.
Much requested, they are now available as limited edition, signed and numbered prints in conjunction with Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. Printed to the highest standards by the Electric Works Gallery in San Francisco, they are exclusively available from their webstore.
The smaller prints (paper size 9″x 13⅜”) retail at $95 plus shipping and handling. Signed and numbered in an edition of 700. Sets of all 15 titles ($1200 plus s&h).
By Chris
February 4th, 2012
From WhatsBuzzin.com, comes a handful of original, well designed retro Holiday Cards that trend with the popularity of 1950s and 1960s themes as seen in the television shows “Mad Men“, “Pan Am” and 2011 film “The Help“. Featuring fun, nostalgic images of 1950′s and ’60′s Retro American Christmas.
Set up the aluminum tree, plug in the color wheel, and put Bing on the on the hi fi – now you’re ready to write out and send your fabulous retro Christmas cards. The cards are designed, illustrated and printed in the USA by WhatsBuzzin.com, a small business located in Clearwater, Florida. Specializing in retro styled Christmas cards with light-hearted messages and sometimes kitschy, but always cool, visuals of vintage ornaments and bubble lights, retro toys, model trains, and other classic Christmas memorabilia that take their cues from the colorful vintage vibes of the 1950s and 1960s.
A set of 8 cards and envelopes retails for $12.00
By Chris
December 22nd, 2011
Ultra Swank – Your one stop blog for retro living, style and design
Ultra Swank takes you back in time into the kitsch, chic and swank living of the 50s, 60s and the 70s. We mainly focus on the design, architecture and the lifestyle of the happy-go-lucky and space-age-living mentality of that era – but also on the music and movies that takes you back to happier times. Ultra Swank is run by Chris, a Swede born in the wrong decade that currently resides in Barcelona. Read more
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Stylish, bouncy, curvaceous, deadly – And she wants her panties back from old men who carry them in briefcases!
“Yuki7 and the Gadget Girls” are the Mangaesque brainchildren of L.A. artist Kevin Dart. As books and animation Kevin and 14 other illustrators take you into a “fixties” style milieu of jazzy action and toned down colors to underscore a mood of light hearted murder and intrigue. Seducing us with feminine curve gradients deep enough to sink your libido into Yuki and her pack of gal pals grab us by our eyeballs and pull us into an undercover world where the real spy work is the secret of how the girls tap into the code of your sexuality using their tools of utter cuteness.
By Guest
December 6th, 2011
Anthony Toth’s home in California holds a hidden treasure unknown to most of the world. From the outside, his garage looks like any garage – but step inside and you are transported back in time to a first class Pan Am Boeing 747 cabin, circa 1979.
Anthony, who works as a global sales director for United Airlines has had a lifetime dream of creating his childhood past traveling around Europe with Pan American airlines. He has spent 20 years and well over $50,000 to recreate his Pan Am cabin in great detail. Everything from the overhead bins, to the seat covers, to the inflight magazines and safety cards are all period. Even the curved staircase leading up to the upper deck of the 747 is there, although in this case it is sadly a dead end… for now.
By Chris
November 9th, 2011
For all those photographers out there, the time has come. A high-end retro camera is in your near future. The Fujifilm FinePix X100 not only has a beautiful retro design, it also contains classic features that many will appreciate. It will sport a hybrid view-finder, which will have a window-type “bright frame” optical viewfinder similar to classic 135-size cameras incorporated with an electronic viewfinder system.
The proportions of a fixed high-performance 23mm large F2 aperture lens fashions nicely with the camera body. The 12.3 Megapixel sensor and processor, and ISO range of 100 to 6400 will perform like many DSLR cameras but in a more beautiful compact size. It will even shoot HD movies, too! And yes, it will capture 12-bit RAW images (for those who want that extra image control and adjustments).
The FinePix X100 digital camera will be available in March 2011, and will have a suggested retail price at $1,199.95.
By Steven Padal
February 11th, 2011
With all the running around preparing for the holidays and shopping for that perfect gift, I always find myself exhausted by New Year’s and once again… no new calendar! Usually by the time I get around to getting one I’ve missed at least January. But not this year! I’ve found some gorgeous mid-century modern calendars – some even free! The best one (I think) is the beautiful letterpress calendar produced by Pistachio Press. It is printed on 100% tree-free cotton paper using environmentally conscious studio practices. Each page is printed by hand on an antique Vandercook No. 4 letterpress. This is the kind of calendar that you want to frame the images when the year is over.
Another fabulous calendar is from Blue Ant Studio. This one is a free downloadable calendar showcasing modern furnishings such as chairs, lamps, and lots of other modern goodness.
By Amy Thyr
December 9th, 2010
From the The Pierre in NYC to the Cavalieri Hilton in Rome, hotels frequently serve as backdrop to exciting plot points on the hit series Mad Men. Creative ad man Don Draper and his cohorts use hotels to seduce clients and women and to celebrate their latest conquests.
The show often provides a fictional peek at the advertising strategies and campaigns of real-life brands and corporations. In season three, Don meets hotelier Conrad Hilton and forms a friendship that complicates his career. Throughout the season, Don works with “Connie” Hilton to develop a campaign for Hilton International. Don struggles to meet Hilton’s expectations to, as Connie puts it, “bring America to the world.” Don misinterprets Connie’s late-night musings and fails to put Hilton on the moon, literally and metaphorically.
October 30th, 2010
