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Alexander Girard Christmas cards at Lagom

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Send your festive wishes mid-century style this year, with the Alexander Girard Christmas cards available from Lagom.

The cards add to their existing range of greeting cards based on Girard's colourful designs. Girard apparently amassed nativities for the International Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe (in term inspiring the recently issued nativity set) so it's no surprise these influenced his work. Shown above is a card based on a 1962 Nativity Angel. You can also pick from a card featuring a Nativity dating from 1968 or Flying Angels from 1971.

Individual cards cost £1.80 each, or you can get a set of the angels in three different colours for £3.40. 

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Categories / Design and Interiors

Buttons Chair by Steuart Padwick

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Buttons chair
Looking to invest in a future classic with a retro feel? You could take a look at the Buttons Chair by Steuart Padwick. 

As you'd expect from his work, he's given a twenty-first century twist to a twentieth-century design. The chair is made from a solid wood frame, and has a sprung seat and feather cushion for your sitting comfort. The finishing touches are the oak feet, the wood tops to the arms and the oak 'buttons' that go all the way through the back and arms of the chair. 

Decided to consider investing? Well, the chair costs £995 for upholstery in your own fabric, or £1395 for the linen and leather finish pictured. 

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Toys and Games

Curiosity Shop design by Emily Sutton for St Jude’s

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This Curiosity Shop design by Emily Sutton is the latest in the St Judes great range of fabrics. 

Emily Sutton is a recent graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art and this design takes inspiration from some of the toys and curios in the city's museum of childhood, including spinning tops and miniature trains and much more. It bodes well for her future project – illustrating a children's book for the V&A Museum.

The design is available in the dark blue/mustard colour combination pictured, or in maroon/blue and costs £36 for a ready-made cushion cover or £44 for a metre of the fabric. 

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The Harper midcentury sofa at Love Your Home For Less

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Liking the midcentury style of The Harper sofa at Love Your Home For Less.

In fact, it's not a million miles away from the classic Florence Knoll sofa, especially when it comes to those sharp edges and buttoned leather seats. The sofa has a handmade sold been frame, feather wrapped cushions and upholstery on Italian aniline leather.

More images at the site, expect to pay around £1,498.

Find out more at the Love Your Home For Less website

Categories / Books, Design and Interiors

Pucci Book

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The Pucci Book is probably the ultimate coffee table book for lovers of Emilio Pucci patterns and fashions.

This extra large volume features hundreds of photographs, drawings, and candid shots from the Emilio Pucci Foundation archive, accompanied by text explaining their importance. Each book comes bound with one of a selection of prints from the Pucci collection.

As you might expected it comes with a designer price tag, costing £135. Buy it online from Utility Design.

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Stamp Rugs – postage stamp designs for your floorspace

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It's one of the most recognisable symbols of the UK and now you can get the postage stamp for your floor (or wall) with the Stamp Rugs.

Yes, featuring the Queen's head and available in pretty much every denomination and colour, the rugs are hand woven from 100% New Zealand wool in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Those scalloped edges that mimic the perforations on Royal Mail postage stamps are individually hand carved too, creating a 3D effect. The design is then embosssed on top.

Check out the full range at the website, with a price of…well, we don't know as the website isn't giving anything away. You'll have to drop them a line and you'll get a price based on your individual requirements.

Find out more at the Stamp Rugs website

Via Craftzine