Regular readers will know we have featured both the original Tam Tam and the more recent iTam Tam audio variation. Well, now there's another option, the iTam Tam Go from Branex Design.
It's the logical progression to both. Still the 1968 space age seat from Henry Massonet and still a sound system capable of hooking up to your iPod or iPhone. But the new 'Go' version also adds in a Lithium-ion battery, offering up to eight listening hours of 'omni directional sound' cable-free.
Here's an attractive contemporary update of an everyday classic object courtesy of Steuart Padwick's Coast sideboard.
The pleasingly chunky design looks back to mid-century designs but is brought into this century by the splash of colour on the two cupboard doors. Although the website states that you can get the doors in almost any colour, including a matching wood, the two options to order online are either the green pictured or a purple pair.
If you like the look of this, there's a chest of drawers, dresser, dining table and chair to follow in the same series.
The cost reflects the twenty-first century design credentials of the piece and would set you back £2245.
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The Hello Easy Chair, with its memorable name and distinctive shape, could easily be mistaken for a classic chair design. It was, however, designed in this century, although it has an unmistakable Scandinavian style.
The chairs was designed by Busk and Hertzog and according to one of its designers, its shape is “round, open and happy like a mouth calling out to people, asking them to come closer.” The chair was commissioned by the Danish Broadcast Corporation who wanted a chair especially for Kylie Minogue, which could be another selling point if you like the Australian pop star, but I wouldn’t hold it against the chair if you don’t.
The Hello Easy Chair is available from Heal’s, priced £895 with a choice of dark lilac, violet or anthracite coverings.
Fancy showing off your inner arcade game geek? You should get yourself this Space Invaders Lamp Shade for the bedroom.
Available at Meninos, the shade is a mix of wire and fabric, handcrafted and featuring four different 'Invaders', one for each side of that shade.
Available online, it sells for $65, which is £43.34.
Designed back in 1923 and now reissued by Yamagiwa, the Taliesin 1 table light by Frank Lloyd Wright is back to add a distinctive modernist touch to your home.
Indeed, it did just that for Frank Lloyd Wright's home, the architect/designer creating this for his own Taliesin home, using several around the house. Designed to look like a small building, the lamp is available in cherry wood or ash wood for the frame supporting that roof-like shade.
Available online, you can pick one up for £715.
Want a striking piece for your living room? Take a look at this Battery Square rug designed by Minimoderns.
With a nod to the designs of Alexander Girard, the rug pattern is divided into squares and rectangles each with a simple monochromatic image, ranging from fish to buildings to simple graphic shapes. Measuring 100cm x 200cm, it's a design that won't go unnoticed in the home.
Hand-tufted from pure wool, the rug is made to order so takes 4-6 weeks to be delivered.
The rug costs £495.
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