Design inspired by Danish and Swedish furniture from the past continues to pop up on the high street, which is no bad thing.
John Lewis’s Content by Conran range currently includes this Aspen Armchair. The chair’s distinctive shape is midcentury style at its best. It has slim arms, sled legs and is upholstered in a bright yellow fabric called “Starfruit”, which may not be everyone's first choice of colour, but it works well with this design.
It costs £1,095 from John Lewis.
Moomins have been found adorning many products in recent years, so it seems only right that those cute Finnish characters should be recreated as toys too.
Crochet Moomins are available in a variety of different characters from the 1950s book including Moominpappa, Moominmamma and Moomin snorkmaiden. You might you are too old for a soft toy, but if you consider it more as a classic piece of Finnish design, then there is nothing to stop you being this.
They cost £14.99 from Cloth Ears.
If you share my endless fascination with fonts, then you’ll probably love the “So You Need a Typeface?” Print as much as I do.
The title question is printed in the centre of the page; from there you pick why you want a font and follow the Yes/No questions until you reach a font suggestion. Should you actually have a design project in need of a typeface, it could be quite useful, but for those of us with just an amateur interest in such things, it makes an interesting bit of decoration.
It costs $22 from the Felt and Wire Shop.
New in at Brighton’s Pussy Home Boutique this week are these Lilystar Teapots.
Scant information is available about them, but they are of French origin, are made from bright coloured ceramic and have a sleek retro shape. The teapots are available in either yellow or blue, with a contrasting white handle.
They cost £22.50 each from Pussy Home Boutique.
It has been a while since we featured a wall sticker (although we’ve mentioned plenty in the past) and this one combines two iconic images in one.
The Beatle Troop Wall Sticker takes the iconic Abbey Road picture, but instead of the Fab Four, the road is being crossed by Star Wars Stormtroopers. The sticker is in black and white and measures 263cm wide by 110cm wide.
It costs £100 from Blue Sun Tree.
Design company Wasp has created a tribute to traditional British food with its Pie and Mash Print.
Available in either bronze or gunmetal grey, the print mentions porkpies, eels, cockles, mussels and mushy peas as well as the eponymous dish. These food stuffs are combined with slogans from vintage signs from pubs and cafes. It is available in a choice of bronze or gunmetal grey.The print is A2 size and is sold unframed, priced £48.
Buy it online from Rockett St George
