Author: modculture

If an old school football manager (or indeed John Motson) wanted a designer armchair for the living room, nothing could be more suited than the Shearling Swan Chair.

Yes, this is the classic 1958 Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen with a twist – that twist being upholstery in curly wool from New Zealand, matched with an outer shell covered in hand-senn suede mocha from Edelman Leather. Yes, it looks like an expensive chair is wearing a sheepskin coat to keep warm.

Well, we presume it's expensive as a Swan Chair never comes cheap, especially with a designer twist. If you want one, drop retailer Suite New York an email for the bottom line.

Find out more at the Suite New York website

Via Selectism

Described very aptly as 'jet-set style for the 21st century', the Jonathan Adler Philippe ottoman coffee table offers seating and table in one retro design.

Well, we say coffee table – and indeed it's amply-sized as a coffee table – but we wouldn't recommend you balance your coffee cup on that ridged leather top. Aside from that, the Philippe is perfect for resting on and for showing off your magazines, with those blackened mid-century iron legs offering some period-style detail.

Sized at 40 x 40 inches and standing 15 inches high, the Philippe is available in various fabrics, priced from $1,500 (around £1,000).

Find out more at the Jonathan Adler website

Very much in the style of the classic Le Klint light fittings like the 1970s 172 and 175, but especially the 1940s 101, the Le Klint Donut by Lisa Navne offers retro style from a modern design.

As you might expect, there's cross-pleating aplenty here, that plastic frame condensed into a tight circular shape, not unlike a doughnut (hence the name). And to finish things off, there's a stylish polished steel bulb holder.

All of that can be yours for £506.

Find out more at the Nest website

A great example of modernist design, now reissued by Fontana Arte – the Gio Ponti Bilia table lamp.

Launched back in 1931, the Bilia still looks alien some 70+ years on, but it also looks every bit as stylish and contemporary as it did back in the 1930s. For your money, you get a brushed nickel-plated frame which holds a diffuser in satin blown white glass. And just to keep that minimalism, the feeding cable is transparent.

Standing at 43cm tall and available to order online, you can pick one up for £37.

Find out more at the Panik Design website

Something a little different from the 1960s – the Rondino swivel chair, designed by Yngve Ekstrom.

Originally designed back in 1964 and reissued now by Swedese, the Rondino is a classic swivel chair with a foot in aluminium/chromed steel and an unusually-shaped seat covered in a choice of fabric or leather.

It's not the most obvious 60s seat on the market, but it's certainly one of the more distinctive. Yours from £722.

Find out more at the Twenty Twenty One website