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cincinnatimodern’s favorite things 2023
13th annual gift guide for modern design addicts As we round the corner to the holidays, we take time to give thanks for 20 years of selling the...
spotlight series: formica (my life in laminate)
spotlight series: midcentury materials, brands & accoutrement chapter 2 – formica In 1967, my parents decided their growing family needed...
cincinnatimodern’s favorite things XII
12th annual gift guide for modern design addicts Calling all design junkies! If you are like me, you may find yourself less and less...
cincinnatimodern’s favorite things XI
11th annual gift guide for modern design addicts Greetings, modern people! Another interesting year, that’s for sure. Supply chain issues...
cincinnnatimodern’s favorite things X
10th anniversary “nesting edition” It’s certainly been an incredible year, hasn’t it?! One thing is for sure in all of this uncertainty - we have...
cincinnatimodern’s favorite things – part IX
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time for visiting friends and family, going to parites, baking, cooking and snuggling with the ones we...
cincinnatimodern’s favorite things – part VIII
When the dog bitesWhen the bee stingsWhen I'm feeling sadI simply remember my favorite thingsAnd then I don't feel so badWe hope you have the time...
saving the vintage sectional
As you have probably surmised from my blog posts, we have been collecting midcentury modern furnishings for a very long time - since before some...
cincinnatimodern’s favorite things – part VII
Just in time for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday.....you get the drill. Here is our 7th annual installment of gift suggestions...
for the love of formica
Cincinnati is world headquarters to many companies, among them Formica Corporation. Formica was invented in 1912 as a substance to replace mica in...
featured publications
research + articles
- thesis on the work of architect james (jim) alexander melissa marty, 2002
- benjamin dombar various sources
- abrom dombar various sources
- woodie garber various sources
- rudy hermes various sources
- dick calef various sources
- carl strauss + ray roush various sources
- and the rest
modern books
- 50 from the 50s: modern architecture and interiors in cincinnati udo greinacher, elizabeth meyer, susan rissover, patrick snadon, margo warminski, 2002
- atomic ranch midcentury interiors michelle gringeri-brown (author), jim brown (photographer), 2012
- implosion elizabeth garber, 2018
- charley harper, an illustrated life, todd oldham & charley harper, 2007
- about design: insights and provocations for graphic design enthusiasts, gordon salchow, 2018
- cincinnati's terrace plaza hotel: an icon of american modernism, shawn patrick tubb, 2013