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/interior/mies-van-der-rohe-likes-barcelona/ http://www.ultraswank.net/interior/mies-van-der-rohe-likes-barcelona/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:01:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/mies-van-der-rohe-likes-barcelona/ Famous architect Mies van Der Rohe was not only a architect – but also a designer. He designed among others the Barcelona and Brno series furniture. Today we are looking at some of his designs from the wonderful Barcelona series. Designed in 1929 for the German pavilion at the Barcelona exposition in Barcelona, Spain. I [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/interior/mies-van-der-rohe-likes-barcelona/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/interior/arne-jacobsen-for-your-office/ http://www.ultraswank.net/interior/arne-jacobsen-for-your-office/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 18:48:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/arne-jacobsen-for-your-office/ Spring is officially here in Scandinavia, a good time to enjoy something new (or old). Warm colors, international design and clean lines are all trademarks of Danish designer and architect Arne Jacobsen. If you are in the process or remodeling or thinking about it here are some personal favorites of mine available to buy from [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/interior/arne-jacobsen-for-your-office/feed/ 6 http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/attention-all-customers/ http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/attention-all-customers/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:48:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/attention-all-customers/ I am not only interested in vintage design, architecture, lounge music and umm… stewardesses but also graphic design and typography seeing it has been my major subject in college and what what I work with for a living in a way. One thing that caught my attention lately are those old handwritten posters and placates [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/attention-all-customers/feed/ 6 http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/retro-shopping-volume-2-shopping-spree/ http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/retro-shopping-volume-2-shopping-spree/#comments Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:16:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/retro-shopping-volume-2-shopping-spree/ It is summer and hot again. Why not return to the nice temperature controlled environment inside the malls one more time? Browse all the exotic goods from all over the world, walking up and down the isles in a dreamy waltz while the soft music echoes through the muzak system and then grab a bite [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/retro-shopping-volume-2-shopping-spree/feed/ 32 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/nk-in-malmo/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/nk-in-malmo/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:25:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/nk-in-malmo/ Here are two postcards showing the old NK department store in Malmö, Sweden. NK (Nordiska Kompaniet / The Nordic Company) is one of the oldest merchandise companies in Sweden. The first, and biggest store opened in Stockholm in 1915 and featured Sweden’s first escalators. Soon NK also had stores in Gothenburg and Malmö. The department [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/nk-in-malmo/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/the-crown-prince-of-malmo/ http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/the-crown-prince-of-malmo/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:47:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/the-crown-prince-of-malmo/ Malmö’s first skyscraper (and one of Sweden’s earliest) was built in 1964 and namned Kronprinsen (The Crown Prince). It stands 27 floors tall and features 700 apartments which can house as many as 3 000 people. The cost of building it was a staggering 90 million SEK (approx. $12 000 000). Standing at the top [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/the-crown-prince-of-malmo/feed/ 8 http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/retro-shopping-volume-1-music-to-buy-toasters-by/ http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/retro-shopping-volume-1-music-to-buy-toasters-by/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:01:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/retro-shopping-volume-1-music-to-buy-toasters-by/ Since it is summer and very hot outside (at least here in Sweden), many people prefer to stay indoors in a temperature-controlled environment. So why not spend some time at your local mall? This is a exclusive custom made compiltion for this website, to celebrate the mood and feel of the American malls from the [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/retro-shopping-volume-1-music-to-buy-toasters-by/feed/ 51