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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The 15-Minute, Mid-Century Modern Cardboard House and Cocktail Party!

Do you know about Mauther Papermau's blog? It is a very, interesting blog that daily posts about original and unusual paper models, and often provides the patterns for building them.

Today, the blog posted some great cut-outs of a 1960s cocktail party and midcentury modern house. Here it is,



This is what it will look like when finished,












It is found here.

The cut-outs were created by Maxim Dalton, an illustrator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who said, "Build your own mid-century modern house in 15 minutes. Then have a cocktail party to celebrate!" The original cut-outs are found here.

Papermau has posted hundreds of other paper models, such as,


















Not all have cut-outs, and some are complicated, but they are mostly fun to view. Papermau also offers this,


Found here.

Wishing you only good things, Neen

8 comments:

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    1. Hah! I want to move into that house (it reminds me of your HBS contest house, both are gorgeous!)

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  2. How extremly cool! I must visit that blog immediatly! Thanks for the heads-up neen c

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    1. Thanks, Max. How about a MCM Christmas village? Kathy, at Beautiful Mini Blessings, has been working on a small MCM house, and the Max Dalton site has another house, with a barbecue (perfect for a NZ Christmas!). http://maximdalton.blogspot.com/2010/08/sunday-barbecue-cut-out-set.html?m=1

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  3. Wonderful! Thanks for finding and sharing this :-)

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