Mad for Midcentury
Mid-Century Modern Jetsons Architecture
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
Well, my dream blog post came true. Paleofuture wrote about Jetsons architecture. It has everything you could want: a Niemeyer name drop, Googie references, an image of mid-century Motorola ads and, of course, talk of the Chemosphere.Personal bias hoped for more than just a passing reference to Niemeyer....
The Retro Future of Records
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- Published on Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
If you're in or anywhere near Austin right now you know that SXSW is going on. It totally takes over the city. And if you're a giant nerd like me, SXSW Interactive is where the action is at.I first learned about this perfect mix of future and retro thanks to SXSWi.
A 3D printed record. It's future technology to create...
Mid-Century Street Lights in Austin
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- Published on Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
It's funny how you sometimes need to not see things for a while before you actually see them. I used to walk by these mid-century street lights at least once a week when I strolled the neighborhood. I didn't really notice them until this weekend, after a long time of walking other streets in the hood.
They're great globe...
Random Mid-Century Pics from Austin
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- Published on Saturday, 09 March 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I had a few more photos on my phone with no real post to attach them to, so here they are in a random collection.I was eating at a neighborhood restaurant when I saw this sconce. I'm not sure if it's a Schoolhouse Electric and Supply Co. light or a Rejuvenation light, but I know I've drooled over it before.
This...
A Mid-Century Music Mix
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- Published on Friday, 08 March 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
After giving the old Broyhill Sculptra dresser a wipe down with Restor-A-Finish, I gave our Sculptra desk the Restor-A-Finish treatment too. While doing so I opened the bottom drawer, which has basically turned into the junk drawer for the study. In there are the mixed tapes I still have from high school.
Seeing them got me...
An Amateur Uses Restor-A-Finish
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 March 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I love mid-century furniture and I own a decent amount of it. I do not repair mid-century furniture. I leave that to the professionals. But our Broyhill Sculptra dresser had some scratches on it and I wanted to see if I could do anything about it.They were covered by a runner over the top of the dresser and I figured, worst...
Vintage Built-Rite Wall Plak-Ette
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 March 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
My mom found some mid-century Built-Rite Wall Plak-Ettes at a garage sale. She had plans for them, but didn't end up using them so she passed them onto me. She thought their funky, mid-century design would look good at our place.
She's not wrong, they would make great mid-century nursery wall decorations. They just didn't
...New Mid-Century Modern Shower Curtain
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I spent the weekend adding the new finishing touches on our master bath.Here's the original realtor photo from when we bought the place, with nobody using it so it looks perfect.
Here's what it looked like for the past few years, after I added a new mirror and mirror-side lights, and figured out a way to hide most of...
Random Mid-Century Pictures from Austin
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I love living in Austin and when I'm out and about exploring the city I try to snap pictures of the mid-century things I see. Most of those pics go into a post here on Mad for Mid-Century. But some of them have just been hanging out on my phone forever, either because I couldn't think a long enough post to write about them...Mid-Century Modern Lights at Starbucks
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
My online search to buy my pair Moe Light honeycomb lights took me to strange places, including a patent held by Starbucks. Their patent references page 25 of the 1960 Moe Light catalog. I haven't seen the 1960 catalog yet, but the drawing that goes with the patent makes me want to see the inside of both the catalog...
