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Categories / Bags

Batchel – bag meets vintage satchel

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Thanks to Phil for pointing out a specialist satchel seller after we featured the Labour and Wait satchel last week – and that's where we found the Batchel.

It's available from the Cambridge Satchel Company, which (as you can guess) specialises in satchels and variants of the bag – like the Batchel. It's a traditional 15-inch satchel available in traditional brown or something a little more bold (including red and pink), but with the added convenience of a handle at the top to make it more bag-like, optional embossing and a capacity that 'should' be able to take your average laptop or MacBook.

Available online, you can pick one up for around £60.

Find out more at the Cambridge Satchel Company website

Categories / Art and Photography

Terry Pastor Ray Gun I and Ray Gun II limited edition prints

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A couple of years back, we featured one of Terry Pastor's most iconic works – a print of the sleeve art from David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. And he's still producing interesting art – like these Ray Gun prints.

Take your pick from Ray Gun I and Ray Gun II, both sized around 58.5cm x 80cm, printed on Hahnemuhle 308 gms acid free paper with archival inks and limited to runs of 195. Of course, both also feature the same subject matter of vintage tin toy ray guns, printed 'as accurately as possible, so lovers of these toys can appreciate their authenticity as well as the art', according to Pastor himself.

Available exclusively from Burp Boutique, they retail for £150 each.

Find out more at the Burp Boutique website

Categories / Gadgets and Tech

Lomo limited edition Diana F+ Mr. Pink camera

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Just in time for Valentine's Day, you can now pick up the Lomo limited edition Diana F+ Mr. Pink camera for your loved one. Presuming your loved one is a lover of the colour pink obviously.

Only available online, the Mr Pink is essentially another edition of the Diana, this time with a flourescent pink body and a few little touches that are certain to appeal to the Lomo collector (including the 50s-style Mr Pink logo around the lens). More practically, there's a large flash, the optio to use 35mm film, neck strap, lens cap and coloured filters.

Sold with the 'More True Tales & Short Stories' Diana Vignettes hardcover book , you can pick one up in limited numbers for around £84.

Find out more at the Lomography website

Categories / Bags

Gola limited edition Roy of the Rovers sports bags

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Remember Roy of the Rovers? He was the comic strip footballer Roy Race, leading the line from the 1950s through to the 90s for Melchester Rovers – until he lost a foot in a helicopter crash, ending the longest (and possibly most illustrious) playing career in the game's history.

Roy might be ancient history, but his influence lives on – with these Gola limited edition Roy of the Rovers sports bags. Yes, those are the colours of Melchester Rovers, available as a 'Melchester bag', 'Gym bag' or 'Race bag', all effectively re-runs of other Gola bags, but sure to get you knowing looks from fellow fans of the football legend.

Exclusively available from ASOS, you can pick one up for between £25 and £30.

Find out more at the ASOS website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Eileen Gray modernist day bed

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Another modernist classic from the workshops of ClassiCon – the Eileen Gray day bed.

It's been around since 1925, designed for a day of laziness for the affluent of the era – and still remaining a stylish and functional item for the hip and cool of 2009. For your (not inconsiderable) money, you get a base of chromium-plated steel tubing, a beechwood frame with rubber webbing and a loose mattress with Bonell-spring interior, covered in a choice of fabric or leather.

Prices start at £3,800.

Find out more at the Nest website

Categories / Watches

Lip 1970s Big Fridge watch

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A 1970s design updated for 2009 – the Lip 1970s Big Fridge watch.

The original watch was the Fridge, designed by Roger Tallon in 1975 for Lip, with the strap sandwiched between the front and back of the case, while a minimalist face and bold chunky hands are guaranteed to catch the eye.

As you might have guessed, the Big Fridge offers super-sized time keeping, boosting the face to 50mm x 38mm for added impact. You can pick one up in various colour schemes for $395 from Watchismo – or if you want the smaller original, you can pick one of those up for $355.

Find out more at the Watchismo website