Thinking Beyond the Frame
A new post from contributor Rose White, originally posted on the substack Little Mama Drama Architects and creatives have long...
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tipsy modernist
Feb 269 min read
Will this year's Pritzker be the same old Kenergy?
March is here, and with it Women’ s History month. You’ll have to forgive me if I’m less than excited. March is also Oscar month. And the...
tipsy modernist
Dec 21, 20232 min read
Happy Winter Solstice Everyone!
Although I'm not a huge fan of the darkness, I love this time of year. I love the lights, the festive atmosphere and having a little...
tipsy modernist
Sep 11, 20235 min read
Gae Aulenti. Eccentric genius or provocateur?
"Her ranking in the international architectural fraternity is disputed, but her notoriety is assured. "1 Although Italian designer Gae...
tipsy modernist
Mar 29, 20235 min read
Lina Bo Bardi. Stalinist. anti-feminist. architect.
Lina Bo Bardi was a mass of contradictions. A self-described “Stalinist, anti-feminist” who “never faced any obstacles, not even as a...
tipsy modernist
Apr 1, 20222 min read
The Slivovitz Sidecar-the Balkan cousin of the Margarita
Many have described the Side Car as the wintry cousin of the Margarita because it combines almost the same ingredients, citrus and...
tipsy modernist
Mar 29, 20226 min read
SVETLANA KANA : the Modernist from Montenegro
Now that Brutalism has been trending for a couple of years, Soviet-era Brutalism, and the work of Eastern European modernists are being...
tipsy modernist
Jul 14, 20214 min read
Josephine Baker. Iconic Entertainer. Resistance Fighter. Modernist Muse.
Josephine Baker has always been on my list as one of the most fascinating figures of the twentieth century and as a French citizen, she's...
tipsy modernist
Jan 22, 20216 min read
Margarethe Schutte-Lihotzky. Pioneer. Architect. Spy.
Margarete Schutte-Lizhotsky. Pioneer. Architect. Spy. Eighty years ago today architect Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky was arrested by the...
tipsy modernist
Nov 18, 20202 min read
The Palm Springs Cocktail
The perfect cocktail to celebrate the groundbreaking writing of Esther McCoy, whose birthday was Nov. 18th. Fiction writer, detective...
tipsy modernist
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Esther McCoy-"the Mother of Us All"
Before Reyner Banham, Mike Davis and Joan Didion there was Esther McCoy. Banham himself said that “No one can write about architecture in...
tipsy modernist
Oct 15, 20204 min read
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright-Frank Lloyd Wright's third and final wife.
Born in 1898 to the first chief justice of Montenegro, Olga Ivanovna Lazovic Hinzenberg was 26 years old and married to architect...
tipsy modernist
Oct 5, 20203 min read
Amaza Lee Meredith. African American. Architect. Lesbian. AMAZING
You could easily mistake the building above for one of the modernist villas in Vienna’s famous Werkbundseidlung, but in fact it's in...
tipsy modernist
Sep 23, 20204 min read
Lilly Reich. Designer. Architect. Hero.
Never heard of Lilly Reich before? Neither had I before researching this blog, so shame on me. Lilly was the only woman included in...
tipsy modernist
Jul 22, 20203 min read
The making of an iconic photo
This iconic photo from 1929, of Charlotte Perriand relaxing in the chaise longue that she, Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, collaborated...
tipsy modernist
Jul 14, 20203 min read
The French 75- the perfect way to toast the stylishly fierce spirit of Charlotte Perriand
Charlotte Perriand's effervescent personality belied her steely determination and prodigious talent. In similar fashion to the French...
tipsy modernist
Jul 3, 20205 min read
Charlotte Perriand. Designer. Socialist. Pioneer
Although Charlotte Perriand is most well known for her collaborations with Le Corbusier, she was a formidable woman in her own right and...
tipsy modernist
Jun 12, 20202 min read
Pirate Jenny- a campy cocktail that's perfect for day drinking!
With its pink color and Kurt Weil references, the Pirate Jenny is the perfect pairing for the post about Queer bauhaus . The recipe...
tipsy modernist
Apr 15, 20201 min read
The Non-Conformist
It is telling that Eileen Gray named the chair in this photo the Non- Conformist. Designed for greater user flexibility, only one arm is...
tipsy modernist
Apr 10, 20202 min read
The Non-Conformist Cocktail
Unlike most if not all of her female peers, Eileen Gray insisted on going it alone. It is difficult for us to fully comprehend today how...
Obsession, Betrayal, Jealousy and Modernism
The Modernists Guide to Cocktails is a meeting place for fans of modernism who love a good cocktail along with gossip about architecture's most notorious scandals. Conversely,it's also a site for cocktail lovers who happen to be design curious. It takes an unvarnished look at modernism via social histories, juicy anecdotes, and the favorite cocktails of the founders of modernism. And let's face it we all need a strong drink these days...
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