Swedish company Our Children’s Gorilla make charming products for children, including these vintage-inspired “Build Your Own Main Street” Doll Houses.
The sets consist of flat-packed cardboard for you (or your child) to turn into an old-fashioned American high street. At the moment there is a firestation and a brownstone design to choose from, both made from fully recyclable cardboard.
Both sets cost £30 each and can be ordered from the Our Children’s Gorilla website.
Gleaming white outdoor furniture is not hard to come by, but the Clover Chair is more distinctive than most.
Designed by Ron Arad for Driade quite recently (2007 in fact), the white version creates that desirable space-age look. It is also available in orange or green which serves to highlight its flower power vibe.
The Clover Chair is made from polypropylene making it suitable for use outdoors as well as in. It costs £381 from Panik Design.
The “Made in England” slogan is starting to appear on more and more products with this series of mugs being the latest I’ve come across.
They have been handmade in Stoke-on-Trent from white bone china. There is a choice of three designs available; one simply featuring the words “Made in England”, one with a back stamp logo and the third featuring a map of Britain with a heart over Staffordshire, where the mugs were created and home of England’s pottery homeland.
They cost £11.95 each and are available to buy online from Colloco.
The flower design of the Karlsson Lotus Wall Clock gives it is decidedly retro look.
Pictured here is the white version, where the petal part of the clock is white with the face and numerical points in contrasting black. It is also available in black with the face and points in white.
The clock measures 50cm in diameter and costs £49.99. An extra large version is also available (again in a choice of white or black), measuring 75cm diameter and costing £79.99. They can be bought online at The Contemporary Home website.
The Rocket Gallery on Shoreditch High Street in London will be hosting a four day sale of Midcentury Furniture by Jens Risom, starting on Wednesday 27 May 2009.
The show will also include pieces by Arne Jacobsen, Poul Kjærholm, Gordon Russell and Hans Wegner, along with Krenit bowls, Danish screenprints and Swedish lamps. Prices range from £50 to £3,000, so there should be something to suit every budget.
The sale runs from 27th May to 30 May, 10 to 7 at Rocket Gallery, Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JJ. www.rocketgallery.com
New York based designed Oeuf Crib specialize in beautiful children’s furniture that proves kid’s stuff doesn’t have to be made from brightly coloured plastic.
A good example of this is the Oeuf Mini Library which has enough retro modern style to make it a welcome addition to any home and something you’ll want to keep as your children grow up. It is features white cupboard doors with contrasting shelving in birch or walnut stain.
Sadly I’ve been unable to find any UK stockists, but the Oeuf Mini Library is available in the USA from a number of placesincluding Modern Nursery priced $620 for the birch or $650 for the walnut finish.
