Category: Design and Interiors

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Homebase Atom 12 space age light fitting

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We're not sure about this. We did feature a similarly-named light fitting at Heals a few weeks back, which looks incredibly similar to the Homebase Atom 12 light fitting. Is it the same? We're not sure, but one thing is certain – the Homebase one is considerably cheaper.

The Heals light is £175, while the Homebase take is £99.99 – and possibly even cheaper. For that money, you get a hip, 60s-style, space age light fitting made of a mix of metal and glass, those protruding arms each holding a light powered by a G4 bulb – 12 in total.

A feature light without the feature price – and as Homebase is doing 15 per cent off everything for the next two days, it's probably even cheaper than that £99.99 price too right now.

Find out more at the Homebase website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Women's Fashion

Jacqueline Wagner jewellery

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With their bright colours and retro shapes, Jacqueline Wagner's jewellery is sure to brighten up any outfit.

Wagner makes necklaces, brooches and earrings out of coloured acrylic. The shapes of her designs – flowers and trees – look like the physical version of an Orla Kiely design. There's a choice of colours for each design.

Prices start at £10 for the earrings. 

Buy them from All Things Original

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1970s Yamagiwa K-Series table lamp by Shiro Kuramata

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A very distinctive piece of 1970s design from Japan – the Yamagiwa K-Series table lamp.

Designed back in 1970 by Shiro Kuramata, the lamp is intended to look like 'soft, white cloth', although that shape is actually made of acrylic and indeed handmade, so each piece is individual.

Three sizes available, with prices starting at £435.

Find out more at the Panik Design website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

1950s-designed Honesty Rug from John Lewis

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This Honesty Rug from John Lewis continues the on-going trend for companies going back through their archives and re-issuing designs. 

If the resulting products are as attractive as this rug, long may the trend continue! It's based on a 1953 design by Mary White, originally called 'Coppice' (I'm not sure why they changed the name). It fits in well with many of the designs being produced today, showing black outlines of plant forms against a charcoal and yellow colour scheme.

The rug is hand-tufted, costs £450 and should hopefully still be looking as attractive in another 57 years.

Buy it online

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Aslak 1950s stacking chairs by Ilmari Tapiovaara

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A lesser-known midcentury design has been reissued – the Aslak stacking chairs by Ilmari Tapiovaara.

A Scandinavian design, it actually dates as far back as 1946, but went into production in 1958, when new laminating methods of veneer made it possible for mass production.

For your money, you get a stackable chair with seat and back in formed plywood, the frame in laminated birch. Available in clear lacquered birch, honey or black stained birch, or white or red painted birch, the chair is priced from £531.

Find out more at the TwentyTwentyOne website

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B&Q’s Panton-style Dome table light

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Ok, it's not got the timeless style of the Verner Panton Flowerpot table lamp, but you can get a Panton look for under £20 with the Dome table light at B&Q.

Offering much in the way of late 60s/early 70s charm, the 15-inch tall lamp is made of metal and offers up ambient mood lighting for any room, with a toggle switch for easy control.

And as I hinted at earlier, it's cheap too, coming in at £19.98, bulb included.

Find out more at the B&Q website