Author: modculture

The Anglepoise Type 75 dates back to 1969, but the latest version of this classic lamp offers something very relevant to 2009 – an energy-saving bulb.

Aside from that, this is very much the classic three-spring lamp, offering all the direction you expect from Anglepoise (total reach is 70cm), a rounded/weighted base for style and stability and a more rounded head.

Take your pick between a black or silver finish, both retailing for £68.

Find out more at the John Lewis website

It's been reissued as a standard chair too, but we prefer the Ilmari Tapiovaara Mademoiselle rocking chair.

A Finnish design classic from 1956, the Mademoiselle catches the eyes most obviously from that hugely extended back, certain to offer plenty of support for eve the longest back. But once you're in it, you'll be more interested in the rockers on the bottom, perfect for kicking back on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Made of solid birch and available in various colours, you can pick one up for 890 Euros.

Find out more at the Finnish Design Shop website

No laughing at the back, the Lesbo table lamp by Angelo Mangiarotti is a very serious and very cool piece of 1960s design.

Designed for (and reissued by) Artemide back in 1967, it has a body and diffuser made from blown smoked Murano glass, with a base in polished metal, combining to produce a lamp that positively glows.

Your for £593 – and that doesn't include the required incandescent opal bulb.

Find out more at the Panik Design website