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Steel Cake Oversized Military watch

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I’m liking the vintage looks of the Steel Cake Oversized Military watch range.

Very much a watch of the past in looks, particularly those vintage-style numbers and very simple design. The face and quartz movement is housed in a matte stainless steel casing, which all looks very stylish – but what’s going on with that canvas strap? It co-ordinates, but I’d replace it almost immediately.

Theres a choice of colours available now (including the ones above), retailing for a reasonable $125 (just over £60).

Find out more at the Steel Cake website

Categories / Art and Photography

Hartnett – 76 < Now - 30 years of street and club culture

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London’s PYMCA Gallery is celebrating 30 years of club and street culture with Hartnett – 76 < Now, a celebration of the photography of Paul Hartnett.

Using A Nikon camera bought for £10 at a flea market, Hartnett’s work has gone from photographing fans of the Sex Pistols and New Romantics in London through to the likes of Tokyo’s Harajuku Kids, New York’s electro scene and the new rock scene in Paris, appearing in publications including i-D, Dazed & Confused, Tank, Attitude and The Independent Magazine along the way.

The exhibition kicks off on 14th February in a recreation of Leigh Bowery’s 80s club Taboo. You can check it out the PYMCA Gallery at the Vibe Bar, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1.

Find out more at the PYMCA website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Focus DIY introduces 50s-style wallpaper

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We feature lots of bold 70s-style wallcoverings on Retro To Go, but less from earlier eras. We’ll remedy that with these 50s-style wallpapers from Focus DIY.

I say 50s, but they could actually fit in with interiors inspired from earlier eras. Three designs in the range, the two on the first image are the Milie Spot (white dots on light blue background) and  the Millie Floral (small flowers on blue background). The second image is the Millie Large Floral, which increases the foliage size if you fancy a flower-covered feature wall.

All are available from Focus DIY online or instore from March, with prices starting at £15.99 per roll.

Find out more at the Focus DIY website

Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Ben Nicholson St. Ives clock

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Ben Nicholson was a pioneering British abstract artist, wife of British sculptor Barbara Hepworth and a member of the St. Ives school of artists from the late 1920s – as well as being the influence behind this Ben Nicholson St. Ives clock.

Influence behind, not designer of – it’s just a clock with an abstract design on the face rather than some kind of reissue. But it’s an eye-catching design with bold colours and a contrasting hands, measuring 190 x 290 x 65mm.

And it’s cheap to buy – just £19.95.

Find out more at the Surround Style website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Russel Wright modernist designs reissued

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The name Russel Wright might not mean much to you, but he’s actually one of the most influential American designers of the 20th century – and a man credited for bringing modernism to the American home in the 1930s.

Originals from the 1930s are both scarce and expensive, so it’s just as well that Russel Wright Studios and HK Designs have reissued these spun-metal pieces, all completely faithful to the originals, with just the HK and Russel Wright marks on the bottom as additions.

There’s a range of stylish items, all available in aluminium, copper and steel and well worth checking out on the website. But if you want something that isn’t going to cost a fortune, check out the tumblers above, designed in 1932, great for long drink or cocktail and priced between $30 and $40 (£15 and £20) each.

Find out more at the HK Designs website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Art Deco-style Rockefeller fan

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OK, it’s not exactly fan weather right now, but when the warm weather does return, you’ll be glad you bought an Art Deco-style Rockefeller fan.

This weighty fan (made of solid zinc) claims to move air more than any other fan of its size, with three speeds just in case you want to limit the breeze. But best of all, it’s a stylish item even when you don’t need a draught.

The Rockefeller is available in five colours – red, yellow, black, blue and white – all retailing at £170.

Find out more at the American Fan Company website