Happy New Year. I hope you have a very happy, healthy and modern 2011. To start the new year off, I am running a contest for a 2011 MoMA Chairs calendar as seen above. (Actual chair not included.) All you have to do to enter is post a comment below, on Facebook or send me [...]

We have a few submissions for the Modern Capital Paint Picking Contest but we are looking for more. Spread the word to those design enthusiasts you know who would relish an opportunity to win $250. Submissions are due  to me at moderncapital@gmail.com by midnight Oct. 24.  Here’s the story again: Friends of mine who live [...]

Friends of mine who live in Charles Goodman’s Rock Creek Woods have a dilemma. They bought a Goodman a few years ago and have been doing work on the house. They also have been researching and contemplating exterior paint colors but are stuck. They are looking for the right color combination for the house, which [...]

With all the excitement building for Mad Men’s fourth season, which begins July 25, I have a giveaway that would fit nicely into your Mad Men collection. If you need to brush up on what happened last season or you have not yet seen the latest between Don and Betty or the doings at Sterling [...]

Christopher in Charles Goodman’s River Park is the winner of the pair of free tickets to this year’s Hollin Hills Home and Garden Tour being held May 1. Here is his submission: “My favorite mid-century building?  My Charles Goodman River Park barrel-roof townhouse.  Our little glass home in Southwest DC is small, but makes the [...]

Charles Goodman is pictured at bottom right. Congrats to Karl in Silver Spring for being the first to answer the question posed below correctly. These are the names I was looking for: Frank Lloyd WrightLe CorbusierR. Buckminster FullerPhilip JohnsonWilliam L. PereiraEero SaarinenMinoru YamasakiWilliam A. DelanoEdward StoneWallace K. HarrisonRichard J. NeutraRalph A. Cram Karl made two [...]