Design: Atomic Age Wallpaper

Whether you are redecorating your living room, planing on buying a mid-century modern flavored house or want to make your kitchen look more groovy, Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpaper has what you need. Their series of Atomic Age and Mod Generation wallpaper range from 1950s styled Googie patterns to exotic tropical Tiki to the revolutionary and psychedelic flower power look - perfect for any bachelor den, Tiki bar or weekend getaway house.

Postcards of Googie Architecture in California

Since we all love kitschy postcards, I thought this would be a great way to start off the week. Below are a small sample of postcards from Synthetrix postcard collection of yesteryear California. Including motels, restaurants, diners, bowling alleys and everything between that all shares the Googie styled design and architecture that became popular on [...]

LG Retro Television

If you miss the old days when television was black and white and the television-sets were anything but dull looking, LG has a treat in store for you! They call it “The LG Serie 1 Retro Classic TV” and comes with a 4:3 ratio 14 inch display screen which can be tuned to either color [...]

The World of Googie

It was with reluctance that I took on Ultra Swank’s assignment of a segment on Googie design. I am not an expert. Art historians and critics can be a vicious group. One false move and I could be forever condemned to an underworld of Louis the XIV basement rec. rooms accented with a million velvet [...]

Fhardyfan

These are marvelous!
http://totalrod2.blogspot.com Bryan

Ouch! If I had the extra money (which I don't), my kitchen would look good with some of that wallpaper:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9368126@N06/3618301266
Bryan
http://www.ultraswank.net Chris

I agree with you Bryan, you should keep saving though!
http://spacio60.blogspot.com/ Spacio 60

Hi, many congratulations.

His website is one of our friends.

Check here:
http://spacio60.blogspot.com/2009/03/links.html
http://www.bradbury.com steve

Hey thanks Ultraswank for the nifty nod! We love helping fans of the 50s and 60s around the wallpaper universe to paper their pads! Thanks for sharing!!
http://www.ultraswank.net Chris

No problem Steve, you guys sell wonderful wallpaper that I am sure any retro fan would love to have in their home!
Richard

Thanks for designing such cool wallpaper! And I note in passing that the sample images make for great desktop wallpaper on my PC!
http://www.web420.com/blog Robert

These are some interesting wallpapers.... I like the first three on the second row the best!

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