Post #147173 by Kailuageoff on Wed, Mar 16, 2005 9:03 AM

On 2005-02-21 22:28, bigbrotiki wrote:
Do you know http://www.atomic-ranch.com ? It is a really well done new magazine for people like you and me who like vintage architecture and decor, and it purposely features not just high brow name designer (Eames/Miller/etc) stuff. Every issue shows well renovated mid century homes and their interiors, with lots of tips, and ads for good retro stuff. It's quarterly, I have all four issues so far, and I can really recommend it to everyone.

Marian and I are still fans of this magazine -- we have all of their issues as well -- but we have to observe the issue we just recieved was kind of disappointing; especially because it is only a quarterly publication.

The April issue is chock-full of advertising by some great small companies -- including some of our favorite vintage and tiki-related enterprises -- but their selection of homes for the feature articles, or maybe the photographs of these homes, left us disappointed.

Surely there are more eye-popping examples of mid-century homes that could be documented by this publication. Perhaps these homes are owned by members of this board and they would be willing to have their homes documented....

Not that the homes they featured this month aren't special in some ways... its just the overall content and layout seemed to fall flat this time.

If anyone on this board feels their home is worthy of a photoshoot, I would strongly suggest contacting the editor and offering to send a few photos of your place.

We want this magazine to suceed (we even gave friends a gift subscription for Christmas), but they need more compelling homes, bigger photos, and more eductional editorial if they are going to keep us as subscribers.

Also, they need to drop the small, artsy close-up photos of flowers and plants, and show more interesting structural detail and really outstanding mid-century furnishings.
KG

[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2005-03-16 09:05 ]