Category: Design and Interiors

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1959 Chelsea tea towel design from the Museum of London

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Chelsea tea towel

A slice of bohemian London life in the fifties is captured in this Chelsea tea towel, produced for the shop at the Museum of London. 

It uses an illustration produced for Tatler magazine in 1959 by Mardie Madden and features a stylised map of the streets of Chelsea, which it called the 'liveliest area in town'. Produced just before the 1960s style explosion you associate with the King's Road and the area, the characters illustrated include artistic types, alongside more traditional figures such as the Chelsea guard. 

A nice slice of London life, this tea towel costs £6.50. 

Buy it online

Categories / Design and Interiors, eBay watch, Toys and Games

eBay watch: Lundby midcentury-style dolls houses and furniture

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Big thanks to Sonia for inspiring today's eBay watch, although her collection of Lundby midcentury-style dolls houses and furniture could easily have fit into our Retro Rooms section.

Sonia has been buying 1960s and 1070s Lundby pieces off eBay of late, Swedish designs that replicate Scandinavian living of the time in minute detail – right down to the avocado bath suites, working light systems and illuminated period TVs and fish tanks.

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Lexon safe calculator

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Lexon safe

We've featured the bamboo, retro-style Lexon Safe radio previously but the products in the range go beyond that piece to include clocks, flashlights and this calculator.

Designed by Elise Berthier and Pierre Garner, you can tell the calculator comes from the same design family as the radio. Its chunky keys and rounded edges give it that retro look while its got eco credentials too: solar powered and made from natural bamboo with a casing from corn starch bio-plastic. 

And the price for the calculator? It adds up to £21.40.

Buy it from Made in Design

Categories / Design and Interiors, Music

Ella Doran and Kavel Rafferty join forces for PorTables

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Two Retro To Go favourites, Ella Doran and Kavel Rafferty have joined forces to make PorTables. 

The new collection of tableware combines Rafferty's love of vinyl with Doran's distinctive product designs. It's all based around images of a collection of vintage portable record players which have been printed onto table mats and coasters. Retro music lovers will now be able to eat to a slightly different beat. 

A set of six table mats cost £39 while six coasters will set you back £21.

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Categories / Design and Interiors

John Lewis Barbican midcentury-style leather sofa

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Barbican

Another retro gem from the high street, this John Lewis Barbican leather sofa, which is available in a medium or a large size, depending on your living room size/needs.

We love the curves, we love the angled legs and we also love that pleated back. That frame is made of oak, while the upholstery is in a neutral-coloured Prescott hide – two Andrew Martin fabric scatter cushions offering a bit of contrast for free.

If you want one, the company is taking pre-orders now, with prices starting at £1,400.

Find out more at the John Lewis website

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Pebble space age coffee table by Bonaldo

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Pebble

Get some 1960s space age into your living room with this eye-catching Pebble coffee table by Bonaldo.

Designed by Matthias Demacker, the table is produced in a plastic material using a rotational moulding technique to create those smooth edges. That material also means you can use it outside if you wish.

Various colour options available for both the outer and inner areas, although all white is certainly the 'classic'. Prices are around £450.

Find out more at the Urban Suite website