Author: modculture

We featured the Verner Panton Topan pendant light a couple of months back – which was only available in monochrome shades at the time. That’s not the case anymore.

Yes, as you can see from the image above, this 1959 classic is now being sold in a range of bright colours – orange, yellow, red and turquoise in addition to the previously announced black and white.

All are made from aluminium, with a diameter of 21cm. Each one retails for £154.

Find out more at the Panik Design website

Function and style for your home – that’ll be the Eames Folding Screen, now reissued by Vitra.

Dating back to 1946, this is essentially a very practical item – a portable divider for your living space. But it’s much more than that – this is a piece of art too – those segments of moulded plywood (with natural ash veneer) creating a ‘wave-like’ effect that’s certain to be the focal point in any room.

And when you’re bored of it, the whole thing folds down flat for storage. If only it was available for a little less than the £2,189 price tag.

Find out more at the Utility Design website

Bennison has been around since 1985, specialising in hand-printed fabrics and wallcoverings based on original 18th/19th Century English and French textiles discovered by Geoffrey Bennison. There’s 150 designs now in the collection, including this recent addition – Waikiki.

The design was discovered in France, dating back to the late 19th century. Although I’m guessing its tropical-style kitsch would probably look like something from the 1950s to most eyes. Which makes it ideal for a look based on that decade, a feature wall or just any room that catches the sun.

This textured hand-made paper certainly doesn’t come cheap though – expect to pay around £130 per metre.

Find out more at the Bennison website