The Oblique Cabinet is a piece designed by Salvatore Indriolo for Italian company Horm. It has a wood base in either matt black or matt white, with doors in a Canaletto walnut veneer.
This isn’t by an unusual combination, but what makes this design stand out is the way the doors are arranged, set one over the other. It is available in two heights (66cm or 98cm) with the option of either 3, 4 or 5 doors.
Prices range from £1,881 up to £3,683 from Espacio.
The Micki Chest of Drawers is a piece of furniture that should appeal both kids and their style conscious parents.
The unit has a white frame with six turquoise drawers, and is mounted on wheels so it can be easily moved around the room. Whilst it has been designed for children (there is a matching child-sized bed), it could just as easily be put to use in an adults room too.
It costs £291.71 from the Scandinavian Design Center.
Lucie Sheridan has produced a small collection of Traditional London Characters Screenprints.
There are three designs to choose from; On Guard featuring a guard in traditional dress, Pearly Shirley, a Pearly Queen and Pearly Stanley, her male counter-part. They are limited edition, with the Guard having run of 40 prints, and the other two designs just 30 each.
They cost £195 each from The Old Sweet Shop.
Lov Li works with a range of illustrators and designers to create their stationery products, which include a collection of retro-themed journals.
Each journal has a suggested use (travel, music, poetry, recipes, fashion, car boot sales) with a whimsical illustration to match. Whilst you may no longer need a place to write your poems or list the records you want to buy, I’m sure most people can find a use for notebook.
They cost £4 each and are available to buy from the Lov Li store on Not on the High Street.
Pedlars has done it again with another great limited edition print.
The latest in their long line of exclusives is Swing High by Helen Ingham, which is restricted to 32 editions. The artist specialises in using letterpresswith this particular design using traditional wooden type and hand-carved lino block and is printed onto cotton rag paper using period machinery. Besides the old-fashioned techniques used, the print is also worth considering for its delightful retro image of two woman on a swing boat.
The prints cost £595 from Pedlars.
John Lewis has been spoiling us recently with its retro-influenced designs and the Zalo Rise and Fall Pendant is another product in their Retro Reborn collection.
It has a metal shade, which comes in a number of colours (black, white, blue, green, orange or purple) and chrome fittings. It measures 43cm in diameter and has the modern advantage of being dimmable.
It costs a neat £100 from John Lewis,
