Category: Design and Interiors

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Sanderson 1950s-style Dandelions design now available as a rug

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Sanderson dandelion rug

Sanderson's Dandelion design has proved to be amazingly popular. Their 1950s take on florals has itself been much imitated: in fact we mentioned it just last week in relation to the Next Alpine Meadow range.

Fans of the design will be pleased to hear that they are now producing it on a rug, a classy tufted wool number in the blue/green colour combination. 

The price? Well, you know it's not going to be bargain basement. It's available for £595 but will hopefully keep on looking stylish for years to come. 

Buy it from John Lewis

Categories / Architecture, Design and Interiors, Men's Fashion, Women's Fashion

BFI issues The COI Collection: Design for Today DVD set – 20th century fashion and design

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Designfortoday

The BFI is currently releasing rare and historical documentary films made by the Central Office of Information on DVD, with the upcoming COI Collection: Design for Today DVD set looking to be an essential purchase.

Released on 22nd March 2010, it's a two disc set, one covering architecture and design from days gone by, the other looking at fashion during a similar era. That first disc offers upDesigning Women (1948) in which Joyce Grenfell takes us through the dos and don’ts of home furnishing; Brief City (1952), modernist architecture and design on show at the Festival of Britain; Design for Today (1965), Hugh Hudson’s day-in-the-life of British design, and Peter Greenaway’s Insight: Terence Conran (1981), showing Conran at the height of his success.

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

M&S ‘Folk’ vase

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M&S Folk vase

If you saw this in someone's home, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a vintage number. Surprisingly this Folk vase is actually manufactured by Marks and Spencer and is part of their new Spring 2010 collections.

With its interesting shape and coloured glass, the vase has a definite late 60s/70s look. It's just one selected from their collection, all with the same retro feel. The range spreads across homeware, from cushions to rugs, so its worth a browse if you like the style of this piece. 

This vase costs £9.50 with the rest of the vases in the range being similar reasonable prices. 

Buy it online

Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

Robot stickers by Lauren Moriarty

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Robots-Cutout

As you know, we do love a good robot on this site. And these robot stickers designed by Lauren Moriarty are a great addition to the selection we've featured. 

A reflection of the fun, graphic products she designs, each pack contains four different types of robot along with their faithful robot dog companion. The stickers are suitable to apply directly to glass or plastics and can also be used on wood or metal with a little bit of pre-treatment. 

To give an idea of size, each pack is 17.5cm high. They come in a choice of seven bright colours and, at £2.95 per pack, it's worth snapping up a few to add some Robo-style to your home.  

Buy them online

Categories / Design and Interiors, eBay watch

Matthew Hilton for Case Casefile modular storage – inspired by classic Ladderax shelving

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Case

If imitation is the sincerst form of flattery, Ladderax should be extremely flattered by the Matthew Hilton for Case Casefile modular storage.

It's incredibly similar in design to the sought-after midcentury modular pieces from Ladderax (which were sold in many of the high-end design shops of the day), the same 'ladder' supports and different set-up options, which offer shelving, storage, even an office module if you need it – all with black lacquered steel uprights and European walnut veneer shelving, as well as adjustable feet and wall mounting.

£895 is the entry level price at John Lewis. But if you want something a little cheaper, there's loads of original Ladderax set-ups and components on eBay, with prices for a completed piece from under £200. So you might want to compare and contrast.

Find out more at the John Lewis website

Current Ladderax auctions on eBay

Categories / Design and Interiors

1960s Fronzoni tables get a splash of colour

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Fronzoni

Always a low key design, the Fronzoni range of tables has gone a little more bold with a newly added splash of colour.

You can sill pick up these 1964 A. G. Fronzoni  designs from Cappellini in the trademark black or white, but if you want a dining or occasional table with a little more impact, there's also a choice of blue, yellow and red matt lacquered colours.

Everything else is just the same – a top in medium-density wooden conglomerate panel and a base in square metal tube. Little fuss, plenty of timeless style. Prices vary depending on your choice of square or rectangular table, but start around £1,200.

Find out more at the Twenty Twenty One website