https://www.designedforhifiliving.com/new-page daily 0.75 2021-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1611593619734-YJQEFGKHP5QXE0VIHI05/Retouched_MG_9064+copy.jpg About the Book A few favorites… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1515025076031-US1SEZHRTKGBYF9VSDD1/Jamal.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1576558440866-M9N5QDUUWKVVZOWAE5ZA/fig_8-9.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1518307650716-1RPBWT0J7UMI2X8VNHH6/fig_14-7.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1502994087215-HXCP6ZPJGAL9U9WRHR7U/fig_2-11.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1502993793472-UWNBTOTYNUIWG0QJ5OWO/Figure2LetsListen.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1518307610435-JRGDJMD7AD4VU9T4U85B/fig_3-1.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1502994130521-2CEO2UFAQJESNKWLNETQ/fig_4-4.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1502994166978-8YYKMXW5XTCY8Z03RB70/fig_2-5.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1545515833619-O4RL87JTH1VAVTNO4DTY/fig_12-6.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1578068314444-PY4YYDV9TR7W4TFFD7F6/fig_2-6.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1607190105534-UQ74VQ1XVBXB3JEYSKEU/fig_13-18.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1611593796006-L01G2RQHF8KIGNZ97JSF/fig_8-5.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1614724147391-2WEXZJEV1XCAEFNDLBBC/fig_9-7.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1614724199945-CSEVD0CDP1122LYX16K9/fig_10-5.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1621705819346-2U0SCDF5C1N82WY1CHGE/fig_9-5.jpg About the Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1584378725390-Z2G0B3P3X8UNQYIDXMJ1/JSRecklessLondon2020.jpg About the Book Outside Reckless Records in London, March 2020 — just before the pandemic shut down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1547847950676-8XSPKKHQNCIWH9EHA0PB/JBDownHomeRecords.jpeg About the Book Fabulous midcentury vinyl finds at Down Home Music, El Cerrito, California, January 2018 https://www.designedforhifiliving.com/news-and-reviews daily 0.75 2022-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1524575323453-TWMLSZB2XOI6IEAZZ6O6/50sNight_001.jpg Media & Reviews A "Designed for Hi-Fi Living" 50s night, Blackwell's Books, Oxford, UK, April 13, 2018. Photo by Marc West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/81a57ebe-ad36-4cec-a790-3960516a4f06/a+trip+to+romance+album+cover.PNG Media & Reviews - The Hi-Fi Generation PRINT The Daily Heller “fascinating” by Steven Heller PostedJune 13, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/5f74c4eb-3cd8-4dc7-96b1-1309bcee3e3f/BorgersonCoverCatalog%252Bcopy.jpg Media & Reviews - Boing Boing Flip out with book of retro record sleeves BOB KNETZGER 7:27 AM SAT APR 30, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/21393e9e-cbb9-4a16-8960-2a979e7523ae/AMERICAN-SCHOLAR.PNG Media & Reviews - Come Fly With Me When music made you want to go places By Sudip Bose | December 7, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/4f4227a2-f9d4-4c23-abf6-1775cde288c7/Capture.PNG Media & Reviews - DROP THE NEEDLE: WAX IS BACK AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN AUDIOPHILES ARE QUEUED UP TO GET YOU SPINNING AGAIN. BY CRAIG MANNING | JAN. 25, 2020 https://www.designedforhifiliving.com/events daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1522448864494-CTGIEMEPWMO5N2I5CTJT/FIA+copy.jpg Events Flint Institute of Arts, March 2018 https://www.designedforhifiliving.com/home-motto daily 1.0 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1742400056653-WGJZ5NEKLNDOJ8JKU1HO/fig_14-3.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1614724199945-CSEVD0CDP1122LYX16K9/fig_10-5.jpg Home - Kodak Hula Show Hawaiian Music Produced by Waikiki Records Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1611593796006-L01G2RQHF8KIGNZ97JSF/fig_8-5.jpg Home - Manhattan Time Art Van Damme Quintet Columbia Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1578068314444-PY4YYDV9TR7W4TFFD7F6/fig_2-6.jpg Home - Ellis in Wonderland Ray Ellis and his Orchestra Columbia Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1576558440866-M9N5QDUUWKVVZOWAE5ZA/fig_8-9.jpg Home - Christmas Holidays at Radio City Music Hall RCA Victor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1545515833619-O4RL87JTH1VAVTNO4DTY/fig_12-6.jpg Home - Sorcery! Sabu and his Percussion Ensemble Columbia Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1518307650716-1RPBWT0J7UMI2X8VNHH6/fig_14-7.jpg Home - Sounds in Space RCA Victor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1518307610435-JRGDJMD7AD4VU9T4U85B/fig_3-1.jpg Home - After the Dance Music for Gracious Living Peter Barclay and his Orchestra Columbia Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1515025076031-US1SEZHRTKGBYF9VSDD1/Jamal.jpg Home - All of You Ahmad Jamal Argo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1502994166978-8YYKMXW5XTCY8Z03RB70/fig_2-5.jpg Home - The Swingin's Mutual! The George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson Capitol Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1502994130521-2CEO2UFAQJESNKWLNETQ/fig_4-4.jpg Home - Music for a Chinese Dinner at Home Bob Lin Wu and His Orchestra RCA Victor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1502994087215-HXCP6ZPJGAL9U9WRHR7U/fig_2-11.jpg Home - Tone Poems of Color Conducted by Frank Sinatra Capitol Records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1742400034440-HHIOA35D43BYOQC5IK2P/fig_1-9.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1742400075318-KV8WAFFF397KZI75PLL3/fig_1-16.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1742400130583-5AUM5AOBMIQSN20JTQAB/fig_6-11.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/5f74c4eb-3cd8-4dc7-96b1-1309bcee3e3f/BorgersonCoverCatalog%252Bcopy.jpg Home A focus on midcentury modernism provides intriguing connections between vinyl record album cover art and wider cultural movements and design trends. Offering a fascinating glimpse into the postwar imagination, the first part, “Home,” explores how the American home entered the frontlines of Cold War debates and became an entertainment zone—a place to play music, mix drinks, and impress guests with displays of good taste. The second part, “Away,” considers albums featuring music, pictures, and tourist information that prepared Americans for the jet age as well as the space race. With in depth looks at Columbia Records’ “Adventures in Sound” series and Capitol’s “Capitol of the World” series. We describe each one to tell a story of postwar America, as part of our “Analog Rescue” project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1611593619734-YJQEFGKHP5QXE0VIHI05/Retouched_MG_9064+copy.jpg Home - About the Authors We are an Amazon best selling creative team and have been writing about vinyl records, among other topics, for over 20 years. We call it an analog rescue project. Our work has appeared in a wide range of publications from Cool and Strange Music to the World Financial Review. Having collected records over several decades, our enthusiasm for modern design, retro aesthetics, and travel abroad found expression in our book, Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America. We live in Rochester, New York, surrounded by midcentury design, furniture, and a lot of records. Check out our book, Designed for Dancing: How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1584378725390-Z2G0B3P3X8UNQYIDXMJ1/JSRecklessLondon2020.jpg Home - Jonathan Schroeder I was born in Michigan, and have lived in California, Rhode Island, Sweden, England, and New York. The first LP I remember buying is the Shaft soundtrack album. I studied perception, music, and psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California-Berkeley. Currently, I am the William A. Kern Professor in the School of Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. I write a lot about branding, identity, photography, visual communication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5995cef8a5790aa27439f169/1547847950676-8XSPKKHQNCIWH9EHA0PB/JBDownHomeRecords.jpeg Home - Janet Borgerson When I was young, my dad brought me copies of the new Monkees vinyl LPs, and then Rubber Soul by The Beatles and since then, I have never been without records. I divide my time between Michigan, New York, and England. I write mostly about consumer culture, aesthetics, and identity. I studied philosophy, economics, and writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, completing postdoctoral work at Brown University. Early on, a writing fellowship from the Cranbrook Institute gave me a taste of living with modern design. 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