I just love the Sneak Peek series over at Design*Sponge, which takes you into some of the loveliest homes of designers and artists, many of which include cats. These two handsome fellows were recently featured in different posts. The adorable black cat is Alfred, whose parents are Ida and Pierre-Edouard. They live together in their [...]
Continue reading...7. June 2011
One of our favorite Moderncat designers, Crystal Gregory, owner of Modernist Cat, and her husband Gregory opened their fabulous mod home for a house tour over on Apartment Therapy. The photos show off their cool pad as well as their gorgeous Sphynxes. Check out the whole tour here.
Continue reading...27. April 2011
Just spotted these two beauties on Design*Sponge. The lovely cow cat is Christy at home in her London flat, also home of designer Jimmie Martin and photographer Rick Schultz. The beautiful calico is Dagmar who lives with her sister, Bug, and her mom and dad Alison Feldmann and Jeff Bergstrom in their Brooklyn railroad apartment. [...]
Continue reading...7. April 2011
Design*Sponge recently featured the home of illustrator Raymond Biesinger and his clothing/accessories-designer wife, Elizabeth Hudson, and look who showed up for the photo shoot, a beautiful graybie! I love his antique tea cup feeding dishes, and he has the Loyal Luxe Kitty Tee Pee. Lucky kitty! Photos by Marc Rimmer.
Continue reading...14. July 2010
Jamie over at Design-Milk (my favorite design blog, and the only one I read every day), just posted this incredible modern villa on the island of Mallorca in Spain. Designed by tecArchitecture with interior design by Marcel Wanders Studio, this home is simply stunning, but the best feature: CATS! Read more about Casa Son Vida [...]
Continue reading...2. March 2010
These two moderncats were spotted on Apartment Therapy recently in Alison & Jeff’s Happening Home. This Minneapolis rental has loads of mid-century modern charm, and the tuxedo sure looks good with the checkerboard floor! Thanks to Claire for the sighting.
Continue reading...19. February 2010
A recent sighting on Dwell.com finds this lucky moderncat, Miu Miu, sitting on a George Nelson bench surveying the status of her owner’s renovation project. The funny folks over at Unhappy Hipsters captioned this lovely photo quite well: “This new box looked nothing like the model. Once again, the humans had failed.” Thanks to Brieanne [...]
Continue reading...4. October 2009
Check out the latest edition of The New Yorker featuring a Moderncat-worthy illustration by Turkish-born artist Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu. Thanks to Peter for this sighting.
Continue reading...30. September 2009
Check out this gorgeous guy spotted in the 2010 IKEA catalog. Moderncats are everywhere! Thanks to Melissa for the sighting.
Continue reading...14. September 2009
Moderncat reader Deb Schimmel and her beautiful cat Dusty, were recently featured in Time Out Chicago showing off their incredibly cool loft. Deb’s eclectic, but modern, decorating style includes mid-century modern pieces along side an Otis and Claude climber and a fabulous 70s-style portrait of Dusty painted by a friend. Love the frame!
Continue reading...5. September 2009
Architect Tazmine Loomans and her husband Paul share their remodeled duplex in Central Phoenix with their two cats Bamboo and Reggie (shown above napping on the blue sofa). Read more about this eco-friendly remodel here.
Continue reading...20. August 2009
This adorable tabby was sighted over at Design*Sponge today in a DIY post where an old stereo console is converted into a stylish headboard. Check out the post here. Thanks to Megan for the sighting.
Continue reading...27. May 2009
In a recent photo shoot for Esquire magazine, three stylish cats posed for photographer Dan Burn-Forti and showed that they not only have fashion sense, but that they have very expensive taste. First, we have a very handsome Siamese named Macy, who is testing out a red leather bag by Tom Ford. Next, Indie checks [...]
Continue reading...26. April 2009
This beautiful home belongs to Oscar (wearing white) and Emma (in stripes), namesakes of their mom’s letterpress stationery business Oscar + Emma. Check out all the photos over at Design*Sponge.
Continue reading...10. April 2009
One of my favorite blogs, decor8, recently did an interview with design writer Maryam Montague and gave readers a peek at her beautiful home office nestled away at the top of a 3-story tower in an olive grove in Marrakech. Maryam shares her office with three moderncats, two of which are pictured above. See more [...]
Continue reading...6. April 2009
Last week Design*Sponge posted a sneak peek of this lovely moderncat, Gink-go, lounging around her Brooklyn home, which she shares with Jordan Provost and Jason Wong of Enormous Champion. See all the photos here. Thanks to Mari for spotting this pretty kitty and thanks to Design*Sponge for the awesome sneak peek.
Continue reading...18. March 2009
This handsome tabby was spotted snoozing at his home in the Hollywood Hills in a recent issue of Ty Pennington’s At Home magazine. This lucky moderncat shares his beautiful mid-century modern house with actress Constance Zimmer, Russ Lamoureux, and their daughter Colette.
Continue reading...29. January 2009
I just got the March issue of Metropolitan Home and it contains not one, but two moderncat sightings! First, the cover features a beautiful orange and white bi-color moderncat named Oliver lounging on a celadon chaise in the living room of his modern, eco-friendly rammed earth house in Aspen. In a different article, Loulou luxuriates [...]
Continue reading...14. January 2009
Check out this handsome devil named Bowling who lives with his dad Patrick in a converted cookie factory in Montreal. Read all about it over on Apartment Therapy Chicago.
Continue reading...29. November 2008
Check out the place that this handsome cat gets to call home. Fetaured on a recent AT House Tour, Marvimon is an incredible industrial loft space in Los Angeles that functions as home to owners Sherry and Miguel as well as a location for high-end special events.
Continue reading...15. April 2008
This marvelous moderncat was spotted in one of the entries in Apartment Therapy’s Small Cool 2008, AT’s annual contest for the smallest, coolest apartment. Check out the photos of Uma’s Minimal Chic Studio over at AT New York. Lucky cat! Thanks to Brandy for this sighting!
Continue reading...16. January 2008
This beautiful tabby was spotted in a recent article in the Home & Garden section of the New York Times. This handsome guy is lucky enough to live in the West Hollywood condominium project known as Habitat 825. Read more about Mr. Tabby’s ultra mod pad here. Thanks to Moderncat reader Kathleen for this sighting.
Continue reading...29. October 2007
This is the first posting under the theme “Moderncat Sightings“ where I seek out appearances by cats in shelter publications that focus on modern design. This image is from the November 2007 issue of Dwell magazine. It shows a handsome tabby cat enjoying his eco-friendly home designed by architect Steve Kennedy in Sydney, Australia.
22. September 2011
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