http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:56:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/pad-the-guide-to-ultra-living/ http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/pad-the-guide-to-ultra-living/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:09:23 +0000 Baron von Swankenstein http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3314 Thanks to a post-World War II economic and technological boom, the 1950s and early 60s was the golden age for the bachelor lifestyle. With the advent of Playboy magazine, the quintessential guide to urban living, it reached critical mass. Armed with affluence, abundant leisure time, and the sagacity of Saint Hefner, bachelors found themselves with [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/pad-the-guide-to-ultra-living/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/arne-jacobsen/ http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/arne-jacobsen/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:34:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/arne-jacobsen/ This is the third post in my series about my favorite architects from the golden days of architecture. We are going back to Scandinavian design again, allow me to introduce Arne Jacobsen, one of the forefathers of Danish Modernism and Functionalism. Born in Copenhagen 1902, educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/arne-jacobsen/feed/ 8