Modplexi is Wendy Saha and Melissa Sonzala, two stay at home moms who have been friends for more than thirteen years. They came up with a way to combine a love of all things mid-century modern with the wonder-material of that era, Plexiglas. Their stainless and Plexiglas house numbers are the one ticket to jazzing up the approach to your home:
Never ones to sit around on a new idea, Saha and Sonzala have gone one better with picture frames, made out of, you guessed it, Plexiglas. The beauty of this construction is that it can showcase more than just flat, two-dimensional objects. See the cassette tape below:
Check out the Etsy store, as well as the blog, which is updated frequently. Also keep in mind that Modplexi can provide unique archival solutions, as well. In fact, they already have superior destinations for your record albums and comic books.
We all dream of re-interpreting that one nostalgic design element in a shocking new way that solves a practical problem, before anyone else thinks of it. Sonzala and Saha have done just that. Whatever they’re having, we’ll have some of that, please.
This article appears in January 22 • 2010.