Categories / Design and Interiors

Ettore Sottsass Callimaco floor lamp

Sottsass

If you're after a talking point as much as a light for your living room, the Ettore Sottsass Callimaco floor lamp could be for you.

Designed back in 1982 by the designer most famous for Olivetti Valentine typewriter, the lamp has a base and diffuser in painted steel, a stem in painted aluminium and a handle on polished chrome plate – although you might struggle to carry it around the room/

Reissued again by Artemide, you can pick it up for £504.

Find out more at the Panik Design website

Categories / Food and Drink

Wagon Wheels go retro – and re-introduce caramel flavour

Wagon

Following on from the return of Artic Roll and Opal Fruits, another 70s favourite is returning to its retro roots – Wagon Wheels.

For a limited time, Wagon Wheels will be available in their original 1970s gold packaging and in a long lost flavour – caramel. According to maker Burton's, the recipe for the 'smooth caramel' Wagon Wheel (unavailable for many years) was found by researchers hunting down old packaging designs. On the back of that, it was remade, found to taste 'so good' and has now gone back in production, selling for as long as that limited stock lasts on the supermarket shelves.

So if you want one, get down to your local retailer now – expect to pay £1.15 or less for a pack of six.

Burton's website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Vico Magistretti 1970s Mezzachimera table light

Mezza

Alongside the Dalu lamp reissue is a somewhat more obscure Vico Magistretti design for Artemide – the Mezzachimera table light.

It actually dates back to 1970, with a look that should fit perfectly into any space age home. In terms of specifics, the Mezzachimera has a white painted meta base with the structure/diffuser made of heat-curved white opal methacrylate, producing something that's part light, part home decoration.

Available now, it's yours for £296.

Find out more at Panik Design website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Marks & Spencer does Eames with Perfect wooden stool

Perfect

If you can't afford a Charles & Ray Eames stool, you can always go for something in the same line off the high street – like the Marks & Spencer Perfect wooden stool.

The originals were designed in 1960s by the mid-century maestros, part of a commission for the lobbies of the Rockefeller Center in New York, made of solid walnut with a turned wood look.

The Marks & Spencer version offers the same turned wood look, only this time in Sheesham wood, which has a chestnut colour. And for a much cheaper price too – £99 compared to around £700 for an original.

Find out more at the Marks & Spencer website

Categories / Art and Photography, Film and TV

Christies Vintage Film Poster auction

Maggoo

Back once again is the Christies Vintage Film Poster auction, taking place on 11th March 2009.

In truth, the selection this time is fairly uninspiring – lots of Blow Up, Breakfast At Tiffany's and Bond posters up for sale at a premium price. But if you dig deeper, there are a few rare gems. One of those is an Alan Aldridge Chelsea Girls poster (between £3,000 – £5,000), but more affordable is the classic Qui Êtes-Vous, Polly Maggoo?

An obscure 1966 fashion flick, its imagery has become far more famous than William Klein's actual movie and this 32 x 23-inch French linen-backed poster is sure to be popular. And with a guide price of around £400, it might be a shrewd investment. You can bid online for this or any other poster or you can head down to the South Kensington salesroom if you fancy waving a bit of card yourself.

Find out more at the Christies website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Vico Magistretti 1960s Dalu Lamp reissued as transparent version

Dalu

The Dalu Lamp was one of the first items we covered back in 2006 – we're big fans and have been ever since we found two originals in a dusty old box in a junk shop. But the lamp is now back in production, with a new transparent version of the Dalu Lamp now available.

We love Vico Magistretti's 60s classic for two reasons – firstly, it looks superb and screams the era, but secondly, it's an affordable design classic. For your money, you get that distinctive S-shaped polycarbonate body, with a small bulb housed in the top section. But the new versions are offered as transparent red and orange, adding a cool minimalist twist to a 60s gem.

Cheap too – yours for just over £50.

Find out more at the Panik Design website