Flickr is an amazing thing. I found LunchBreath’s Flickr stream and his illustrations are great! This of course is my favourite one!

I can’t believe I only just found this stop motion film by Eames Demetrios. The plywood elephants were designed in 1945 but only recently have they been put into production by Vitra. I love the fact the elephants passed by my place on their way to the Eames Studio in Venice. There’s also a sneak peak at the Eames house, as well as the fabulous view they had from their woods. The making of the film was documented for the DASFilmFest.

You can buy these cute little critters at Unica Home.

Tiny Little Chairs is a wonderful series of pendants celebrating mid-century modern design. Each tiny chair pendant has been hand made by Canadian design studio BruxeDesign.

The pendants come in Gold, Silver and Antiqued Bronze and are miniaturized perfection of Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Chair, Eero Saarinen’s Tulip Chair, and Ray & Charles Eames’ LCW Chair, Shell Chair (with Dowel Base), and Aluminum Series Management Chair. They are rather expensive, but are a unique homage to iconic mid-century design for any modern design enthusiast. I know what’s on my Christmas list for next year…

Bruxe Design also sells these fabulous t-shirts in a number of colors.

Check out these Augmented Reality 3D models of the iconic Eames LCW chair and Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chair. All you need to do to have some virtual fun is print out the Procentris Marker and launch the application for either chair here. So far its been a great way to waste half an hour!

You can also visit some Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy-France, Pont Neuf Paris, Taj Mahal, the Frank Gehry Disney Concert Hall, Le Grande Arch Paris and the Guggenhiem Museum in 3D.

If you ever fancy a get-away with all the mid-mod conveniences, then you need to check-in to Kate and Monica’s Lazy Meadow Motel near Woodstock, New York. Kate Pierson, co-owner of Kate’s Lazy Meadow Motel is most likely best known for being the singer in The B-52s. Her quirky styling has certainly come through in the themed décor for each room.

Their sprawling 9 acre property is home to rustic cabins, a lodge, and a fleet of vintage airstream trailers all decked out in retro space-age glamour. The motel is definitely decorated in more of a kitsch 50s theme than mid-century modern, but there are some beautiful Hay-Wake and Danish Teak pieces and a Bertoia or two scattered amongst the ephemera.

There is mention of a tiki-themed cabin and airstream trailer, but no photos on the Lazy Meadow site yet. I’m pretty sure Dr. Tiki of Tiki Bar TV will be chomping at the bit for a weekend holiday there sometime soon. Other rooms include a UFO- and a psychedelic gnome-theme.

For more info or to book a visit to this groovy wonderland, visit Kate’s Lazy Meadow Motel web site. In the meantime, here are a few images of their rooms to drool over.

Lazy Cabin on Mink Hollow

Airstream Trailers

Lazy Meadow Suites

Lazy Lodge

Sometimes we can’t afford the real thing, so these pillows are just the ticket. Each pillow is gracefully adorned with the silhouette of an iconic mid-century modern chair. They’re printed in beautiful, rich, retro colours and made of 100% recycled polyester. They’d look great in an ultra modern environment or a cosey vintage abode.

The full range of pillows and wall art can be bought online at Inhabitat.

On a recent trip to Slovenia, Vancouver artist and designer Dan Planko, was inspired by a relative’s home full of trophy heads. Intrigued and wanting to create his own wall, he came up with the Rewilderness series: trophies made from recycled furniture parts.

“I like to create objects and projects that make people smile and flourish, to see the world in different ways, to reinvent the everyday.”

Dan’s works covers a wide range of media, scale and application. From a series of mobile sculptures for the atrium of a children’s hospital to the staging of art happenings, to the fabrication of striking pieces of unique furniture out of at once familiar things, Planko’s work is characterized — if it can be characterized — as a marriage of the handmade and the industrially-produced, the serious and the whimsical, the familiar and the unexpected.

Prices for these quirky one-of-a-kind trophy heads range from $125 – $450. You can contact Dan directly if you’re interested in buying any pieces.

Eric (left), Thor (centre), Monique (right)

Horace (left), Boris (upper right), Marcus (lower right)

We found this fun little web site that allows you to make your very own mid-century modern mad men character! I made one for myself (with my riding togs on!) and one for Dr.Tiki. Make your own and send it to us along with your @twitter address! We’ll post a gallery of all you mid-mod lushes!

Mid-Century Modern Melanie @lushpad

Mid-Century Modern Dr. Tiki @drtiki

Mid-Century Modern Shelly @shellsbells

Mid-Century Modern Jenny @refabulous

Mid-Century Modern Sebastian @mrmiff

Mid-Century Modern Karen @KelpWorks

Mid-Century Modern Martha @projectsupport

Mid-Century Modern Carl @nyycarl07

Mid-Century Modern Ana Maria @platana

Mid-Century Modern Ruth @retroruth

Mid-Century Modern Marcy @irwinfelddesign

Mid-Century Modern Christopher

Mid-Century Modern Cherry Bubbles @misscherryb

Mid-Century Modern Adrianna @thegirlblogger

Mid-Century Modern Anusha @nushdesigns

Mid-Century Modern Jen @jentiki

Nothing like an incendiary title, huh? We were surfing over at GrassRootsModern and found this blog entry about faux finishing the iconic Eames mid-century modern LCW chair. After my initial outrage at the very idea of “ruining” a beautiful piece by decorating it like this, I calmed down and thought it actually wouldn’t be a bad idea if the chair was a reproduction or if it was damaged in some way that the resale value was already low.

Read the fantastic GrassRootsModern blog here and you see the Martha Stewart Instructional video for ruining, ahem, decorating your prized Eames piece.

New Zealand artist,Trixie Delicious hand-paints these humorous and usable vintage pieces of art. She find and collects vintage china and uses it as a canvas for her work. The juxtaposition of modern day references and uptight Old Country Roses morality are what makes these pieces really delightful.

The pieces are only intended for light use, not everyday use, but what better to pull out for afternoon tea with friends? You can order pieces from her etsy store, or you can check out her flickr photostream Vandalized Vintage for even more wicked crockery.