Pestrý Týden 1938 Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News

Today we are looking at Pestrý týden from 1938 – Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News. Pestrý týden (Variety or Varied Weekly news) was a popular illustrated magazine during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was published from November 2, 1926 to April 28, 1945 and it...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals

January 15, 2017

Pestrý Týden 1937 Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News

Today we are looking at Pestrý týden from 1937 – Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News. Pestrý týden (Variety or Varied Weekly news) was a popular illustrated magazine during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was published from November 2, 1926 to April 28, 1945 and it...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals

January 14, 2017

Hanging High In a Boho Egg-Shaped Chair

Who would have guessed that the posts about the Ještěd Tower and its groovy interiors would have inspired so many people to write us asking for more images, especially of more people hanging high in a Boho egg-shaped chair covered with warm shagginess… Maybe because it’s so totally retro and vintage, so epically shagalicious. We can almost imagine Ann Margret...

NOSTALGIA, Retro Chic

January 5, 2017

Groovy Interiors Inside a Czech Space Age Hotel

Last week we posted about the Ještěd Tower and several people immediately emailed us requesting that we create a post about the groovy interiors inside the Czech space age hotel built in a TV tower. As you learned from the previous post, the tower itself was designed by Czech architect, Karel Hubáček, however, he is not the only...

NOSTALGIA, Retro Chic

December 30, 2016

Pestrý Týden 1929 Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News

Today we are looking at Pestrý týden from 1929 – Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News. Pestrý týden (Variety or Varied Weekly news) was a popular illustrated magazine during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was published from November 2, 1926 to April 28, 1945 and it...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals

December 8, 2016

Vintage Czech Crystal & Rhinestone Christmas Trees

For many centuries, the foundries of former Czechoslovakia had been renowned for their impressive Czech crystal, glass and jewelry making craftsmanship. Before WWII, numerous factories all over the country made bižuterii a šperky – costume and real jewelry – which was admired the world over. Sadly, many of these factories closed during the war and never reopened....

CULTURE, Holidays

czech-crowns-ceske-koruny-currency-tres-bohemes

December 2, 2016

Who Are The People on Czech Banknotes?

The colorful banknotes of the Czech Republic feature the faces of renowned Czech figures who are known for their contributions to the Czech culture and identity. Czech crowns, known as Koruny in the Czech language, are the official currency of the Czech Republic. The banknotes of the Czech Republic come in values of 100, 200,...

Bohemians, PEOPLE

November 26, 2016

Pestrý Týden 1928 Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News

Today we are looking at Pestrý týden from 1928 – Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News. Pestrý týden (Variety or Varied Weekly news) was a popular illustrated magazine during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was published November 2, 1926 to April 28, 1945 and it maintained...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals

November 19, 2016

Flashback to 1929: Czech Tramp News Covers

Sometimes as we are surfing around the internet we come across something that takes us completely by surprise. This was one such morning. I located the covers from Czech Tramp newsletter from 1929, 1930 and 1931. Tramp came out every Friday, weekly. At the time, a yearly subscription cost 42 CZK (Czech Koruna or Crowns) plus another...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals, Tramping

November 5, 2016

Pestrý Týden 1927 Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News

Today we are looking at Pestrý týden from 1927 – Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News. Pestrý týden (Variety or Varied Weekly news) was a popular illustrated magazine during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was published November 2, 1926 to April 28, 1945 and it maintained...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals

October 26, 2016

Czech Mid Century Modern Interior Design

If you have ever wondered what Czech Mid Century Modern interiors look like, then today is your lucky day! In 1967, Czech architect Ladislav Mašek and illustrator Harry Löwit teamed up and published Úprava bytového interiéru, or in English, Modification of the Home Interior. The book featured a wealth of information including an informative introduction, a thorough...

Architecture, CULTURE

October 20, 2016

Retro Czech Tea Sets in the Mid Century Style

Today we’re looking at retro Czech tea sets in the typical mid century style between the late 1950s to the late 1960s. When we think of Modernist Czech pottery, we have to think of Jaroslav Ježek. He’s probably the most famous designer. We featured a post about him back in September which you can read here if you...

NOSTALGIA, Retro Chic

October 15, 2016

Pestrý Týden 1926 Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News

Today we are looking at Pestrý týden from 1926 – Vintage Covers from Czech Weekly News. Pestrý týden (Variety or Varied Weekly news) was a popular illustrated magazine during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It was published November 2, 1926 to April 28, 1945 and it maintained a very high standard...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals

October 10, 2016

Tramp Music Songbook Covers Pre-1940s

Czech trampská hudba, also known as Czech tramping or tramp music and tramping songs, known as trampská píseň, or trampske písničky are a style of song and music associated with an activity known as tramping. Originating in the early 1900’s, many say it was right after WWI that the sound came to then called Czechoslovakia....

ENTERTAINMENT, Music, NOSTALGIA, Periodicals, Tramping

October 3, 2016

Domov Czech Magazine Collection

Today we are looking at some retro covers from Časopis Domov (Home Magazine) from the 60s, 70s and 80s. This Domov Czech Magazine has existed for 56 years and it’s still a popular item on newsstands today. Oh, what we wouldn’t give for some of these very old editions of the magazine! So modern for the time, despite...

NOSTALGIA, Periodicals

June 19, 2016

Czech Art Deco Pottery by Ditmar Urbach

Today I wanted to share some lovely Czech Art Deco pottery by Ditmar Urbach from the 1930s. Karel Rudolf Ditmar lived from May 3, 1818 to March 22, 1895. In 1839, he and his brother Friedrich moved to Vienna where they began trading in oil lamps. As the Ditmar Brothers, they opened their own metalwork facility...

NOSTALGIA, Retro Chic