We’re pleased to announce something entirely different at Lushpad. Our Partnership Program. If you have a web site that promotes mid-century modern, furniture, architecture, home and garden, or interior design then you can get earn 20% commission when you join us. All you need to do is place one of the banner ads provided in our partnership package on your site and when someone clicks through from your site and lists an item with us – even up to 30 days after they click through from your site – you will earn 20% of the ad listing fee. Easy.
Our banner ad creative comes in many sizes – from a regular link you can include in blog entries to skyscraper ads, square ads and smaller button ads (see some examples above). We can also create custom banner ads for your site if there aren’t any in our package that suit you.
We’re really looking forward to partnering with some amazing people and web sites, so what are you waiting for? Help us democratize design! Join our Partnership Program Now!
Over the past few months we’ve had a number of people ask us for badges for their site to promote their listings on their own web site or blog, so we’ve whipped this button up just for you!
1. Download the lushpad badge above, then add to your site, with a link to your listings. The link to show all your listings can be found this way:
2. Go to one of your lushpad listings
3. On the right hand side, click on the link that says “Other Ads by this Seller” See example below.
4. Copy the URL of the page with all your listings visible. Use it as the link URL on your lushpad button that you place on your site. This link will be unique to you and will show all your lushpad listings.
Let us know if you have any difficulties with this and we’ll help out!
This may be one of the only times a house of cards is a good thing. Neenah Paper has kindly given us a set of re-issued Ray and Charles Eames Giant House of Cards to give away on Lushpad.
The Eameses designed the House of Cards as a construction toy comprised of 20 large interlocking slotted cards. The images and patterns printed on them are of what Eameses called “good stuff “, chosen to celebrate “familiar and nostalgic objects from the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms.”
The card sets come in 3 sizes, small, medium and large (giant), and at one time came in a number of alternate designs: Computer House of Cards (1970) and Newton House of Cards for the 1974 Nobel Laureates.
To win this set, all you need to do is leave a comment below and we’ll put everyone into a draw at the end of the month!
UPDATE: Congratulations to Linda Hiebert, you won the Eames House of Cards set. To everyone else, be sure to check out our Autumn give-away of a George Nelson Ball Clock by Vitra worth $335. It’s a beauty, and I wish I had one on my wall!
We’re giving everyone free ad listings this month as a summer treat. Just use discount code DB2708 and get a 100% discount on all items you list! Discount code is good until July 31st. Come on, list those items! We’ll do our best to help you get them sold!
Sierra Sullivan of Laguna Beach, California was the lucky winner of our Alvar Aalto Savoy Vase give-away last month.
Finnish-born Alvar Aalto’s legendary glassware includes the world-famous Aalto Vase. His vase design caused waves when Iittala presented the vases at the Pair world exhibition in 1937. Aalto simplified design elements to result in millions of combinations that let the end user decide the use. No matter what one sees in the mysterious form, the Aalto vase has become one of the world’s most famous glass objects.
Sierra is no new-comer to modern design, having collected vintage furniture and home decor.
“I love modern/mid-century design because of the clean and artistic balance it brings to my collection of vintage/rustic furniture and home decor. It is soothing and pleasing to the eye yet functional.”
Congrats Sierra, we hope you enjoy the vase! Stay tuned for our next give-away in August.
Congratulations to Kara Grier of San Diego for winning the fabulous hand-crafted Robin Wade table. We hope you enjoy it! Kara is long time fan of mid-century modern.
“Although I appreciate many styles, from gaudy Victorian headboards to flamboyant Psychedelic Art, to the bones of my 1951 house, less still proves to be more. A paired down, clean modern setting proves to be most livable and inspiring for me.
My love of mid century modern is very diverse. Sometimes it’s the linear clean lines, or it’s an organic form that grabs my attention. I like the raw feeling of natural wood tables. Like those produced by, George Nakashima, with his wonderful burl pieces. Open floor plans, and a Japanese sensibility appeal to me.
I’m really just a big fan of function. So give me a long, low credenza and I’m in Heaven! Besides, my cats look fabulous on Mid-Century Modern! That’s just pure aesthetics, not vanity!”
The lucky winner of our March give-away Harri Koskinen Block lamp is Woodrow Walden of Toronto, Ontario.
“I first became interested in modern design a few years back. Growing up in the 70’s my parents always had lots of teak furniture and I guess that sort of stuck. Now that I am older and can appreciate it for what it was, it has become sort of an obsession of mine. My main focus these days seems to be of an architectural theme and I thoroughly enjoy the works of Mies van der Rohe, Frank Gehry and the like.”
Congratulation Woodrow (who has the coolest name ever), we hope you enjoy the Block lamp!
Congratulations to Zachery Brown from Dallas, TX. He won a set of back issues and a 2 year subscription to Modernism magazine.
I’ve been becoming increasingly interested in mid-century modern design with the relative nature of my job. Working for Fossil, I’ve had the opportunity to work on brands like Philippe Starck and Armani developing watches that often take inspiration from mid-century modern design.
If you haven’t read a copy of Modernism magazine yet, get yourself over to their site to have a look at their online issue. It’s one of our favourite magazines, and it just keeps getting better and better!
Finnish-born Eero Saarinen really shaped the future of design with his gravity-defying, space-age, sinewy forms in both industrial design and architecture. His untimely death cut short a fabulous career, and deprived us of more of his groundbreaking design. Read his biography here.
Written by Katherine Raz at Back Garage.
Congratulations to Erika Oman for winning Lushpad’s January Give-Away of a jetset hanging mobile by Atomic Mobiles. Erika has a long history in design and furniture having worked for a specialty auction house for a number of years. She’s now hosting Designer People, a new show on Ovation TV. The show sounds really exciting and we’ll keep you up to date on its progress.
Lushpad’s February Give-Away is a 2 year subscription to Modernism Magazine. I remember the first time I found an issue of Modernism. I was in mid-century modern heaven. It is a really great, great magazine if you’re interested in design, architecture, and mid-century modern – check out their online edition to see what I’m talking about!
