Category: Design and Interiors

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Sanna Annukka at nineteenseventythree

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Sanna combo

We've featured many of the designs of Sanna Annukka previously on this site, both her products for Marimekko and things she's put out under her own name. Here's a new, affordable way to buy her work with the nineteenseventythree range. 

Greetings cards are the first products from the range to be released but it'll eventually include wrapping paper and postcards too. As evident from the cards shown, the designs all display Annukka's trade mark retro folk style, using the bird motifs we know so well. The cards are all made from 100% recycled consumer waste and use gold foil to add an extra bit of glitz to the otherwise restrained colour palette of the designs. 

The cards cost £2 each.  

See the range online

Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Limited edition Quilts stool at the V&A

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Quilts

The V&A is currently hosting its Quilts 1700 – 2010 exhibition and as with most exhibitions, offering a selection of associated merchandise too. Which includes this rather smart limited edition Quilts stool.

The shape is very much early 20th century (think Alvar Aalto's Stool 60), with the design on the birch veneer top adapted from a patchwork coverlet of printed cotton and linen with appliqué and embroidery, dating from the early part of the 19th century. Just in case you were wondering.

That top is supported by metal legs and the whole thing is being sold as a limited edition, although it's not clear just how limited it is. Reasonably priced though at £50.

Find out more at the V&A website

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Mini Bobo retro-style table lamp at B&Q

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Bobo

Another retro gem we spotted at our local B&Q – this Mini Bobo table lamp.

It's a rather smart 70s-style design, in a classic 'eyeball' shape on a matching stand, which also allows you to adjust that light wherever you want it.

If you're not keen on the chrome, there's also a black or a white finish, with all selling at th3e same price – a very affordable £6.98 online.

Find out more at the B&Q website

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Beatrix midcentury-style armchair by Conran

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Beatrix

A modern-day midcentury gem from the hands of Sir Terence Conran – this Beatrix armchair.

Love the sloping back and (to a lesser extent in terms of angle) arms, along with the angled wood legs, with the retailer describing it as a 'relaxing chair that is perfect for curling up on with a good book'. I think we would agree with that.

You can customise the finished product with five leg stains and an incredible 91 fabrics and 23 leathers, all of which might alter the price one way or another. But as a guide, you can pick up the Beatrix from £850 right now.

Find out more at the Darlings of Chelsea website

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Blik Eames Circles wall decals

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Charles and Ray Eames produced many iconic designs but they were never known for their wall stickers. Blik have made the most of this gap in the Eames' output and have produced, in association with the Eames office, these Circles wall decals. 

The design is based on the Eames' Circle fabric which can be seen on the cushion in the image and is made up of imperfectly shaped, illustration-like circles which are treated in various ways, such as being divided into quarters or filled with other concentric circles. The decals come in a range of four colours (snow, midnight, tomato or graphite) and two different sizes of circles at either 15cm or 38.1cm across. It's then up to you how you place them on your wall to create your own mid-century masterpiece. 

They're priced at either £35 for a pack of 16 small circles or £45 for 10 large circles. 

See them on the Supernice website

Categories / Bags, Design and Interiors, Women's Fashion

Orla Kiely sample sale 29 April – 2 May

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Orla kiely sample sale

Bargain hunters of London rejoice, as next week brings another Orla Kiely sample sale. Yes, it's the opportunity to snap up some of her distinctive retro designs at reduced prices. 

It's not clear what stock will be included but hopefully it will include of her recent designs like the Waterflower pattern from the Spring/Summer collection shown here. 

The sale opens at Chelsea Old Town Hall on the King's Road on Thursday 29 April at 11am and continues until Sunday at 6pm. Full details of the opening hours are on the Orla Kiely website. Entrance costs £1, with money going to Maggies Cancer Caring Centres. 

Find out more online