A nice twist on the usual dull places to store your photos is this Vintage Camera photo album.
Yes a cool camera on the front, probably far cooler than the digital one you use to take your snaps. It measures 4-3/8 x 6-3/4 inches and includes 18 plastic sleeves to hold 36 4 x 6-inch photos. There’s also acid-free colour card inserts and a metal button with an elastic closure to keep the album closed.
You can pick one up online for $12.50 (around £6.50).
Find out more at The Library Shop website
We featured the Eames DSR chair recently and if you like that, you might be interest in another resurrected Eames design in a similar vein – the DSW chair.
Originally designed in 1950 and now remade by Vitra, the DSW is an all-purpose chair in polypropylene with a four-legged maple base and in a choice of colours – black, light blue, lime yellow, grey, red and white.
Not cheap, but certainly timeless, it retails for £262.
Find out more at the Twenty Twenty One website
Etsy is always a good place to check out for some original design – and if you’re a fan of retro gaming, you might be interest in this limited edition piece – the Pac-Man bracelet.
Pac-Man and the ghosts, made of a glossy plastic and brought together by a silver plated chain with a lobster claw closure, made by the designer Pixelparty.
The bracelet is around seven inches, but can be lengthened and shortened. And it can be yours for $22 (around £11).
Everyone’s fridge looks a little bare, so how about brightening yours up with this Retro Ladies fridge magnet set.
This set of 10 rounded fridge magnets features some particularly stylish ladies from vintage advertisements. But look closely and you’ll realise the designs are quite clever – yes – these are women advertising fridges…for your fridge.
You can buy the set online, priced at $14.99 (which is around £7.50).
Find out more at the Mod Cloth website
By far the quirkiest – and possibly coolest – MP3 player I’ve seen in a long time – the Chinavision cassette-shaped MP3 player.
As well as the retro design (which also features an image of a record deck on the exterior), the player allows storage of MP3 tracks on an SD or MMC card (up to 2GB), with buttons on the front for accessing your tracks and changing volume, an earphone socket and a rechargeable battery.
This is a new product, with no price as yet – but it’s unlikely to sell for more than £20.
Find out more from the Chinavision website
A 70s stereo off eBay? Actually no – this is a very modern home theatre system from Japanese firm Amadana – the DDA134.
We love the walnut wood and chrome finish that gives it that 70s look, but more practical buyers might appreciate the progressive scan DVD player, state-of-the-art amplifier and selection of surround sound technology (including Dolby Virtual Speaker technology), not to mention an old-style remote control.
On the downside, this only seems to be available in Japan and it’s also got a fairly high price tag – the equivalent of £775.
Amadana website (translated)
Via Technabob
