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TAG Heuer updates 1964 Grand Carrera watch

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The TAG Heuer Monaco isn’t the company’s only updated classic on the market, you can also pick up the latest version of the TAG Heuer Grand Carrera, a watch first introduced in 1964.

This 60s timepiece was inspired by GT racing, but has been consistently popular as a smart watch with a very readable display. This latest version uses twin discs to replace the usual hands on the chronograph dials to make it even more readable, as well as having discs finished with Cotes de Geneve decoration and polished bevelling.

Not cheap as you might expect, with prices starting at £1,995.

Find out more at the TAG Heuer website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Rothschild & Bickers Victorian-style Tassel lights

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Something a little different from Rothschild & Bickers – these Victorian-style Tassel lights.

Apparently ‘inspired by Victorian decadence’, the lights mix the modern with the vintage and indeed, vintage working methods as all the glass in the lights is hand-blown.

A choice of colours are available, all with matching tassel and with a choice if shapes, including the longer one above and a more flat design if you haven’t got a particularly high ceiling. Prices start at £230.

Find out more at the Rothschild & Bickers website

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Mibo’s Tile Tattoos – give your tiles a retro makeover

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Rather than re-tiling your kitchen or bathroom, you could give your old tiles a makeover with these Tile Tattoos from Mibo.

You simply stick these retro designs over your old tiles – in a matter of minutes, you have transformed the room. And these heavy-duty, four-inch stickers are also resistant to water and moisture and don’t leave a sticky mess when you grow tired of them.

Six designs in total, including the two above, they sell for $16 (£8) for a set of six. You can pre-order now for January 2008 delivery.

Find out more at the 2 Jane website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

Heirloom’s mid-century furniture for children

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As the name might suggest, Heirloom creates furniture to last, that you can pass down through the family – but they make it for children.

And luckily for us, they make it with rather smart mid-century looks. The pick (for me anyway) is this Ellinor rocking chair by Catharina Engelholm, which is available as a one or two-seater. A nice mix of wood and leather, it has a great curved wood feet (available in walnut or birch) and a spill-resistant leather cover for the actual seat in eggshell white. There’s also some hard-wearing cushioning made from jute, horsehair, wadding and cotton fabric.

No prices as yet, but you can drop the Swedish company a line about retailers and cost.

Find out more at the Heirloom website

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Furni 80s-style white LCD watch

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Here’s a smart piece of design that also packs a pocket-friendly price tag – the Furni 80s-style white LCD watch.

This unisex watch has been produced in association with Cool Hunting and features that white plastic strap, LCD screen with black and green surround, stopwatch, alarm, 12/24-hour clock and water resistance.

And for that definitive 80s touch, it even has a Duran Duran lyric engraved on the back. Get it now while you can, it’s priced at $24, which is a ridiculously cheap £12.

Find out more at the Furni website

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BoConcept Tulip pendant light

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A modern and unusual take on the classic Sputnik style from BoConcept – the Tulip pendant light.

The Tulip Pendant lamp is packed with white ‘trumpet-shaped’ shades from the silver core, each shooting light in a different direction from your ceiling.

Although the price of that lighting effect is pretty hefty – just in the stores now at £649.

Find out more at the BoConcept website