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Posts tagged “vintage”

Make Sure Your SLR Wears His Seat Belt Camera Straps

It kind of makes sense in a metaphorical way: We use seat belts to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe while we're riding in cars. Why couldn't we use seat belts, manufactured to of course include ...

Flickr Find: Herman Miller Brochure from 1966

For us here at unplggd, a vintage Herman Miller brochure pic is as good as a stretched Marimekko fabric. Easy on the eyes and wall worthy. Weird huh? There is just something so inviting about this ima...

Vintage Look, Modern Function: Wall Organizer Dock

We've seen wall mountable docks before, but never anything like this awesome wall charging station from Ballard Designs.The clever organizer features six docking stations for cell phones and PDAs and ...

Look! Doctor's Quarters Turned Home Office

You may have noticed that a few of us at Unplggd love medical drama in our home décor. From x-ray lamp to desks made from morgue gurneys and old radiograph light boxes. Here we find an old examini...

Vivitar Jumps In With a Vintage-Bodied Digital Camera

Several months ago, we showed you Olympus' Micro Four Thirds Camera. It was a modern digital picture snapper with the stylings of an SLR from the 1970s. At the time, we didn't have any price or specif...

In Case You Missed It: Steve's Uptown Contemporary

Steve from Chicago showed us his nautical-inspired modern home at AT yesterday and we just couldn't help but notice his quirky love for neon lights and scattered tech bits throughout. While the fun li...

Cool Vintage Film Tins Find New Use In Your Space

We've seen people re-use tech packaging for home decor before in our post about reusing Apple's MacBook shipping styrofoam to create a unique 3D wallpaper. We've got another idea for you now, but it's...

Blogging ReadyMade... Artist Turns Audio into Art

We think we've proven just how much we like displaying obsolete tech. From oggling David Poe's vintage camera collection to wiping the drool from our mouths over a shelf of gaming history we've gotte...

When it Comes to Stereos, Newer Isn't Always Better

For the past decade we've been living in a time of gadget excess. Every month a newer, flashier version of a cell phone, television, digital music player has come out, with the majority of the stuff ...

Inspiration: Other Vintage Tech Worth Displaying?

We've been hitting the thrift stores and eBay a little bit more than usual lately ever since our recent obsession with vintage cameras. After a while, we started picking up other interesting things ra...

In Case You Missed It: AT Chicago Uncovers a Readymade Factory

We honestly can't even handle how many amazing readymade objects are in this Apartment Therapy Chicago home tour. Marcel DuChamp would have been proud. Patrick Foisy's loft, in Montreal not Chicago, ...

Retro Love!: CDRs that Look Like Floppy Disks

I'm proud to be of the generation that remembers my family's first home computer. I'd imagine that I'll tell my kids about seeing and experiencing that beige plastic box the first time that now-infamo...

Final Frame: Vintage Radios from a Bygone Era

A photo set of vintage transistor radio graphic designs and a HUGE accompanying collection of vintage radios....

Microsoft Tries Their Hand at T-Shirt Graphics

Apparently trying to recapture an era and "tap the nostalgia of when PCs were just starting to change our lives," Microsoft is launching a clothing line. Yes, you read that right. The line, called Sof...

Old-School Typewriter Key Jewelery

We've done blogs about accessorizing with old technology before. Using old video games, old cameras and old typewriters as part of your decor can add a little bit of geek chic flair to your home. Anot...

Take Really Old-School Photos with a DIY Scanner Mod

If our 'How to...' post on a Web site that makes your digital photos look vintage wasn't authentic enough for you, you'll be happy to see this DIY project. A rudimentary pinhole camera-like structure ...

Black Bird, Fly [BBF] Twin Lens Reflex Camera

We're all for retro cameras. The Olympus vintage-bodied camera piqued our interest. And the Lomo Retro Camera takes some really cool shots so that even a novice can make art. Now there's a camera tha...

Vintage-Inspired iPod Alarm Clocks

We love the look of vintage home goods. We like the look of old table fans, phonographs and rotary phones, but it just isn't practical, especially for your small cool spaces, to take up room with out-...

The Steampunk... Office?

You know how when a trend gets tired you can start to pinpoint exactly where it went wrong? Well, we'd like to declare Steampunk dead right here, but we're pretty sure this won't be the end. This ste...

Lee Broom: Embellishing Old Stuff with New Tech

These art pieces aren't exactly anything you'd buy for your home. But it's pretty interesting to see what some designers are doing to mix technology with home furnishings, and the results are surprisi...

AmpLamp: Making Multi-Tasking Tech Look Good

We're all about integrating technology components into great design. Even better when you can get two tech tools in there. This unit is a combination lamp/speaker system, but we love it most for the f...

Good Idea: Carrying Paint Chips When Gizmo Shopping

We were perusing Real Simple today and got stuck on one of their clever ideas. The editors suggested stashing paint chips of your recently redone room in your wallet in case you find a piece of furnit...

Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 5

This year's Small Cool contest has brought in a lot of great ideas for hiding technology. Dave and Rob of San Francisco are no exception. They used vintage furniture and accessories to help balance t...