We're very much enjoying the retro-styled illustrations of Andy Smith – which are now available as limited edition screenprints.
All are hand-printed silkscreen prints, numbered and signed. The two on show here are I Pretend To Work (40 x 29cm), which is a run of 40 and Warning The Monster Is Loose (40 x 30cm), which is available as a run of 50.
They're priced at £25 and £20 respectively.
Find out more at the Andy Smith Illustration website
First seen in 1948, but forever associated with the 1950s, the Iittala Aarne cocktail glass is still effortlessly cool.
The designed is actually by Goran Hongell, who picked up a gold medal in Milan for the design in 1954, cementing its position as one of the decade’s most iconic designs.
And one you can pick up today without breaking the bank. Sold in pairs, the Iittala Aarne cocktail glasses retail at just £20.50.
Remember the Stingray armchair from Fredericia Furniture? Well, the same people are responsible for these Icicle tables.
Specifically the work of Thomas Pedersen and designed to sit with the Stingray, the 60s-styled Icicle tables are based on nature – pebbles for the top and icicles for the legs. The standard Icicle is slightly lower and in all black, with the Icicle Round standing taller with a more circular white top on the removable oak legs.
Both retail for around £500 each.
Iconic textile designer (and Retro To Go favourite) Celia Birtwell has launched her first collection for the home under the name Pop Story.
The initial range consists of four of her most popular fashion designs (Candy Flower, Mystic Daisy, Pop Check and Posh Dot), transferred for use in the home and available in a selection of colourways.
All fabrics are 137cm wide, with prices from £55 – £65 per metre. If you haven’t got the skills to use the fabrics around your home, upholstery and cushion making services are available too – prices for this on application.
You could argue that anything by Swatch is retro – identifiable as it is with the 1980s. But now it has gone one step further, introducing specific designs with a retro feel.
The top image is 60s Style, named due to its psychedelic 60s looks, with the middle image titled Orangeade Drive – a bold orange, black and white design with a feel of the 1970s. Finally, there is the Urban Scene watch, using a similar colour scheme, but slipping a record deck into the face’s styling.
As you would expect, all have the Swiss inner workings and affordable price tags. Urban Scene retails for £30, while 60s Style and Orangeade Drive sell for £35.
Here at Retro To Go, we like to pride ourselves on covering items for everyone’s budget. So from four-figure coffee tables we got to Decade Print notebooks for under a tenner.
But these notebooks are every bit as eye-catching in their own way. With covers based on textiles of the 60s and 70s, each notebook is packed with ‘thick plain paper’ so you can jot down your world domination plans when inspiration strikes.
Available from May, each one is priced at £7.
Find out more at the Two Little Boys website
