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  • Pierre Koenig
  • Roadside Peek
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Design

  • Archive Tropika
  • Design Sponge
  • Grain Edit
  • MoCo Loco
  • Paleo Future
  • Plan 59
  • Stewardess Uniform Collection
  • The Mid-Century Modernist

Stores

  • Dean Morris Cards
  • Nova 68
  • Old Soul Retro
  • Trim Classic Barber

Hotels

  • Design Hotels
  • Le General
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  • Orbit In
  • Ostel DDR Design Hotel
  • The Horizon
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Interior

  • Apartment Therapy
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  • Classic Cafes
  • Retro Renovation
  • This Ain’t No Disco

Lifestyle

  • Air France – Lavie Abord
  • Greg Knight’s Patio Culture
  • Hal Lifson
  • James Lileks
  • Retro Shopping in Boston
  • Secret Fun Blog
  • Vintage Los Angeles
  • Water Winter Wonderland
  • World’s Fair Photos

Music

  • Cocktail Nation
  • Exciting Sounds
  • Funky Frolic
  • Musical Taste
  • Phil’s Musical Corner
  • Raider of the Lost Ark
  • Roman´s Easy Listening Corner
  • The Crime Lounge
  • The Exotic Tiki Island Podcast
  • Vinyl Lounge Hut

Movies and Tv

  • Cinebeats
  • Internet Archive
  • The Movie Stills Collection
  • TV Shows on DVD

Postcards

  • Boring Postcards
  • Malls of America

Ultra Swank — Your one stop place for retro living, style and design

What is Ultra Swank?

Ultra Swank is a magazine styled retro blog that takes you back in time into the kitsch, chic and swank living of the 50s to 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 a dedicated team of time travelers born in the wrong decade. Read more

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