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Heal’s Discovers Geometry Sideboard

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The Geometry Sideboard by Burgundy Applegate is part of a range of products in the Heal’s Discovers range. It is inspired by both Danish design and Art Nouveau.

It has a solid walnut frame and a lacquered top. It is available with either the patterned front shown here or in plain grey, costing £795 and £695 respectively. It is smaller than most sideboards, so is ideal for rooms tight on space. A side table and coffee table in a similar design are also available should you wish to kit out your whole room in the same way.

They are available to order from Heal’s, although won’t be available for delivery for  approximately another 3 months.

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Charley Harper Greeting Cards

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Charley Harper is a name that should be familiar to anyone with a good knowledge of Modernist art (we've certainly mentioned him before).

For those who don’t know this work consists of stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations, and now there is a range of greeting cards featuring his designs. Pictured here is the Octoberama card, an autumnal and decidedly midcentury style illustration on a 7 by 5 inches blank card.

The cards cost £2.25 each from Hus and Hem.

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Citizen Wallpaper

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Wallpaper Direct has an overwhelming number of wallpaper design and a good number of retro ones in there, with this Citizen Wallpaper being another example.

The pattern consists of circles and arches that suggest a 1960s influence. It is available in either taupe and grey on a pale silver background (pictured) or a fresh-looking green and black on a white background.

The wallpaper costs just over £24 per roll from Wallpaper Direct.

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Mengsel Toucan Print

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Birds often turn up in Scandinavian-inspired designs, be it folk-art style doves or owls, but the subject of this print is less common.

The Mengsel Toucan Print by Luzelle van der Westhuizen is inspired by geometric and hand-drawn patterns, particularly those found in African and Scandinavian design. The design is dominated by a bright orange colour, which adds to its retro look. The silkscreen print is available as a limited edition (although the number isn’t specified) and framed in white wood.

It costs £105 from Heal’s.

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Town Colour It Yourself Poster from Summerville

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You may remember the Scandi Poster from Summerville we featured a while ago – now the same company Summerville have produced a new design on the same idea.

Where the Scandi design featured flowers, the Town Colour It Yourself poster should appeal to anyone with a love of architecture as it features rows of houses in different styles, along with passing traffic of vintage-looking cars. It has been screenprinted, but with only a black outline; the rest being left for you to colour in with pencils, felt tips or crayons as you wish.

It costs about £10 from the Summerville Etsy store.

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Studio Couch in Donna Wilson Fabric

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Various incarnations of Ercol’s Studio Couch have appeared here in the past, from vintage versions to anniversary re-issues.

The latest combines the classic Lucian R Ercolani design with fabric by Donna Wilson, another name that should be familiar to regular readers. The couch is made from beech with the cushions upholstered in Donna Wilson and SCP's Nos Da fabric, which looks as if it comes from the 1950s too. It is currently on sale priced just over £2,130 (having previously been £2,450).

You can take a closer look at it on the SCP website, although you can’t buy it directly online. Note that SCP also has the retro-styled Donna Wilson Mabel sofa in its sale. You can find out about that here.