Categories / Gadgets and Tech

Revo Blik – DAB and internet radio alarm clock – with 1980s looks

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At first glance, the Revo Blik looks just like the radio alarm clock you probably had by the bed in the 1980s. Inded you might still have something similar. But beneath those throwback looks is a cutting edge piece of bedside technology.

The Revo Blik offers it all – DAB radio, internet radio (around 5,000 stations), even good old FM radio. And you can wake up to any of them. Even better, you can stream your digital files (like your MP3s) from your PC or Mac to the Blik. And you can plug in your iPod and use it as a speaker and control the whole thing via a remote control.

Which makes the Blik a rather smart little item. You can pick one up from Colloco in black or white, priced at £99.95.

Find out more at the Colloco website

Categories / Books, Design and Interiors

Creative Interiors – mid-century journal and colouring book

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Just because you’re grown up doesn’t mean you can’t still do child-like things such as colouring in. And when there are cool books like Creative Interiors on the market, it should be positively encouraged,

Creative Interiors is described as a journal and colouring book for grown-ups, with a pile of mid-century designs and interiors for you to colour in, along with sketch and grid paper for you to create your own classic.

Each book contains 12 colouring book pages, 25 grid pages and 25 blank sketch pages, all spiral bound with a board cover. And it’s yours for £14.

Find out more at the Mirror Mirror website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Little Book of Furniture’s Havana art deco armchair and sofas

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The Little Book of Furniture has introduced the Sit range of sofas and armchairs, all inspired by the curves and lines of the art deco era – typified by the Havana armchair and sofas.

Built on a strong hardwood frame with wide chunky arms, they’re ideal for kicking back after a hard day at work. Various sizes are available, from the chair featured here through to a three sizes of sofa, all available in either quirky animal print, suede, linen and high-quality leather.

And with so many different sizes and coverings, prices vary widely too, starting at £595 for a chair, moving to £1225 for a large sofa in leather.

Find out more at the Little Book of Furniture website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Bollard Light – bring the road into your home

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The perfect gift for the driving obsessive in your life – the Bollard Light.

Just think – you can position the Bollard Lights around the home, indicating which way visitors should walk through each room. Or you can simply use it as novelty lighting.

Sadly, it’s not quite full size at just 41cm, but should still prove a talking point. Complete with cable and energy-saving bulb, it retails for £50.

Find out more at the Mixko website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Drumstick Pencils – draw or play

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How many times in your life have you found yourself tapping away on a table or desk with a pencil? If the answer is ‘far too often’, you need a pair of Drumstick Pencils.

Designed by Moko Sellars, it’s a simple idea, but a brilliant one – converting the top end (or eraser end) of the pencil to a drumstick-shape, so if the mood takes you, just flip them over and bang away. And of course, you can’t just have one drumstick, so they’re sold in a pair.

Available from Suck UK later this month – price is still to be confirmed.

Find out more at the Suck UK website

Categories / Watches

Casio CA53W-1 digital calculator watch

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It might have shifted from the height of hi-tech to slightly ironic over the last 20 years, but for anyone of a certain age, the Casio calculator watch will always have a place in our hearts. And you can still buy an 80s-style model in the shape of the Casio CA53W-1 digital calculator watch.

So if you need to complete any basic calculations on the move, just press the tiny buttons on your wrist and you’re away. In addition to that, there’s the time, date, a stopwatch, countdown, alarm and backlight, not to mention a hefty dose of 80s cool.

I had one with a space invaders game on as well – pure joy in double geography. Sadly that’s not been reissued, but you can get the CA53W-1 for £22.

Find out more at the Balcony Shirts website