Author: Julia Grant

Another one for your 50s fans – the Hip Haven Modwire lighting range.

These are new pieces, but in the style of the 50s, available as table lamps (pictured here) or as pendant lights. They’re made from a mix of wireform and fibreglass, with a wide range of finishes to choose from, both vintage and contemporary. The two designs pictured here are "Flip" and "Weave", but check out the company’s website for the full selection.

Prices start from $89 (around £47). There’s no information about shipping outside the US, drop them a line for details/costs.

Find out more at the Hip Haven website

Looking every bit the big and bold 60s pop art design piece is the Dada chair by Enzo Berti.

It’s actually a fairly recent piece from the award-winning Italian designer, but taking influence from the dadaist movement, which stood as the negation of all rational and received ideas. And you get any less rational than a hand-shaped polyethylene chair for your garden (with most people probably preferring something cheap from the local DIY store).

It’s sized at 70cm (h), 65cm (w) and 80cm (d) and retails for £295.

Find out more at the Panik Design website

If you look at some vintage design books from the 60s and 70s (including early versions of Conran’s House Book), you’ll see not see the gas and electric fires that were probably in your parents’ homes, you’ll see some weird and wonderful real fireplaces as a focal point of a room. And you can still buy similar designs.

Diligence in Devon do some fantastic wood burners, including the Bathyscafocus space age wood burner. Suspended from the ceiling, it’s designed for the centre of a room rather than on a wall. That’s because it spins round, allowing you to enjoy the heat wherever you are.

A stunning piece of retro design, you can pick one up for your space age pad for £4,215. And check out the website for more design, images and clips of the fireplaces in action.

Find out more at the Diligence website