Author: Justine Harvey

Designer Giles Miller is best known for his furniture made from cardboard, but he has left this obsession briefly behind to make the rather patriotic Queen’s Head Mirror.

The cut-out mirror is in the shape of Queen Elizabeth’s profile in her younger days, as it used to appear on stamps and coins. The mirror is given a nice finishing touch of a three dimensional chain of pearls around her neck.

It is available in three sizes with prices ranging from £20 to £30. Visit the Farm Designs website to order.

We’ve featured several novelty pillows here in the past, including an 80s ghetto blaster shape pillow, a cassette player shaped one and pillows with a guitar and amp printed on them. Joining this illustrious list, is the “Eight Hours of Fame” pillowcase.

The 100% Egyptian cotton pillowcase has a black and white picture of a retro (possibly 1980s?) television printed on it. It certainly isn’t a modern television set as it control dials rather than the buttons we are accustomed to these days. When you lie down, your head will be in the middle of the television, just as if you were on the screen which is perhaps a better way to appear on television than subjecting yourself to humiliation on a reality TV show.

It costs £25 from Product of Your Environment.

The sound of the alarm clock is never welcome, but its particularly painful on these cold grey mornings. Whilst we can’t promise that the Newgate Bullitt Alarm Clock will make you leap out of bed with enthusiasm, it will at least be a stylish addition to your morning routine.

Presumably named after the Steve McQueen film, the Bullitt Alarm Clock has a retro shape and an interesting numbering system.

It is available in red, priced £35 from Heal’s.

The True Love’s Clouds Duvet Set was designed by street artist True Love Always.

Graffiti isn’t the first thing than springs to mind when you see the colourful design, which bears more of a resemblance to psychedelic graphic design of the 1960s. On closer inspection the swirling pattern in yellow, red, orange, purple and blue contains the words “True Love Always”. The duvet is made of a high quality cotton with a 250 thread count percale.

A double duvet with two matching pillowcases costs £117.50. It can be bought online from Hidden Art Shop.