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Retro London tissue pack

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London tissues

Retro design can be found everywhere, including on the humble tissue. This London tissue pack is possibly too good to blow your nose on.

The tissues feature a design of a traditional red London bus in the style of Royston Cooper (also recently referenced in Takashi Furuya's Have a Nice Day Poster). See over the page for the individual tissue design, which features city types waiting at a bus stop, depicted in the same retro style. The illustrations are so charming, they surely deserve a better fate than being thrown away. 

A pack of twelve costs 95p. 

Buy them from the Dotcomgiftshop

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Modernist-style Mondrian table range at Loveyourhomeforless

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Mondrian tables

Simple Modernist design always looks stylish and this contemporary reinterpretation of the style, the Mondrian table range at Loveyourhomeforless, is no exception.

Their plain, geometric lines echo the work of Mondrian whose name has given to the range. However, these designs are much less colourful than his paintings – the minimal designs are made from black glass and brushed steel and, as such, remain much closer to furniture designs from that period. As well as the coffee table and console table pictured, you can also buy a side table to complete the look. 

Prices start at £265 for the side table going up to £529 for the console table. 

See the range online

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These Are Things retro-styled maps

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Looking for a map that fits into a modernist decor but one that's also geographically up-to-date? Well, that's the exact challenge that faced graphic designers Jen Adrion and Omar Noory and led them to form These Are Things who create great retro-styled maps. 

The maps clearly draw their influence from late 1950s/early 60s design in both their typography and colour scheme, handily just not in the naming of places or drawing of boundaries. Their map of Europe is pictured and they also produce a world map and one of the United States with a similar look. Each design is hand screen-printed and carries off that rare combination of being educationally, geographically and aesthetically sound!

The map of Europe costs $40.

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1960s-style Soltera Tropica hanging egg chair at B&Q

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Swingingchair

Who needs a deckchair when you can swing around in the sun in this Soltera Tropica hanging egg chair, which is available at B&Q.

This 60s-style seat is good for both indoors and out because it's freestanding and has a robust, supporting frame – no need to hand the chair from a sturdy ceiling. All you have to do is put together a few parts, slip in the provided cushion and swing away like a swinging London hipster.

The chair is made from rattan weave effect and is available online only, selling for £399.98.

Find out more at the B&Q website

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Artek 1930s-designed garden furniture by Alvar Aalto

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Ok, the sun is out, so our thoughts turn to garden furniture, which doesn't get any classier than this Artek garden furniture by Alvar Aalto.

Designed by Aalto around 1938-39 for Villa Mairea (the house he designed for friends Harry and Maire Gullichsen), it has the designer's distinctive modernist spin across the range. A range that includes a garden chair, a lounger and two types of table.

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Sanderson 150th anniversary cushions at John Lewis

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Sanderson swallow cushion

We've already featured the exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sanderson. You can now purchase some of their classic design for your home with these anniversary cushions. 

John Lewis is selling three cushions, each covered in a reissued Sanderson fabric that's been reproduced from designs held in their extensive archive. The light and fresh design of the Soaring Swallows cushion shown dates from the 1930s, while the other two cushions use the Tulips design from 1929 and the Rose Moss pattern from the 1950s – both floral designs that look typically 'Sanderson'. 

The Soaring Swallow cushion costs £35. 

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