Author: modculture

Cheap, cheerful and oozing retro cool, the John Lewis Bobi task lamp is a winner on all levels.

Loving the mix of chrome and brightly-painted metal, but also the usefulness of the Bobi – you can bend it to your needs and at just 37cm high, it's small enough not to fill up your desk.

Powered by a halogen lamp (included), it sells for £24.

Find out more at the John Lewis website

Yes, you read it right – this is a seat from the 1940s, specifically the Carlo Mollino Ardea armchair.

Mollino came up with this design back in 1944, but to be honest it looks a good 20 years later – almost space age. A twist on the wing chair, the Ardea offers up a black painted wood frame, polyurethane foam seating and a removable cover in your choice of cloth. Not to mention some serious designer cool.

If you want one, expect to pay just over £2,000 for this Zanotta reissue.

Find out more at the Twenty Twenty One website

I was going to describe this as an occasional table – but would you really use the Hans Wegner CH008 low table occasionally?

So let's call it a low table, a cocktail table or a coffee table. No matter what you use it for, this 1954 mid-century classic is certainly a timeless piece of design, made of solid wood (ash, oak or walnut) with three angles legs and a choice of small, medium or large surface areas.

Over 50 years old and still likely to be sharp in another 50. Yours from just over £1,000.

Find out more at the Lollipop Shoppe website