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‘Why not a canteen job?’ London Transport tea towel

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Canteen tea-towel

If you find yourself chained to the kitchen in a bid to feed your hungry family, this London Transport tea towel will certainly give you food for thought. The tea towel shows an advert from 1949 which asks 'Why not a canteen job?'. The design is typically of the period and it lists the benefits on offer to canteen workers. The offer of extra pay for Sundays and relief duties will certainly seem appealing if your culinary efforts go unappreciated! 

The tea towel is on sale from Whitbread Wilkinson for £5 who also reproduce the same design on an apron for £10.

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Maria Holmer Dahlgren’s London dish cloth

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London dish cloth

They aren't usually the thing you'd splash out on but who says your dish cloths shouldn't look as nice as everything else in your home? Certainly not Maria Holmer Dahlgren, whose design is featured on this London dish cloth. Apparently it's quite usual for Scandinavian homes to use designer dish cloths and who are we to argue with their sense of style? 

If the Pop style illustrations of London landmarks look familiar it's because we've featured her London designs for trays a couple of times before. The illustrations look lovely in the black, white and turquoise colour scheme, almost too nice to use on your dirty dishes. Handily then, it's made from cellulose and is fully machine washable. 

This small slice of style costs £3.75. .

Buy it from Hunkydory home

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70s Style and Design book

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70s style

A must for anyone interested in the period, Thames and Hudson's new 70s Style and Design book does exactly what the title suggests. It's a review of the decade, aiming to rescue it from its reputation as the decade that taste forgot. 

Through the generous use of illustrations and witty text the authors, Dominic Lutyens and Kirsty Hislop, show how the Seventies' decorative style drew inspiration from the past – the Art Deco revival and the influence of 60s Pop Art – and continues to influence design today.

With 224 browsable pages, it's an ideal Christmas present and costs just £17.47 on Amazon. 

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Shinzi Katoh notebooks at Lazy Oaf

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Shinzi

Shinzi Katoh's retro-styled illustrations are an ongoing favourite with this site. Fellow fans will be pleased to hear that Lazy Oaf are now stocking some Shinzi Katoh stationery including the notebooks pictured above. 

The 'Friends' notebook on the left is a sturdy spiral bound number, while the 'Rain maker' notebook on the right comes with lovely illustrated pages and a sticker sheet. There are equally charming notebooks available in a 'Lion' or 'House' design. All the notebooks cost £5, apart from Friends which is £6.50. 

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Biplano modernist-style folding table by Bruno Munari

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Biplano

It actually dates back to the early 80s, but the Biplano folding table by Bruno Munari could have come straight out of the modernist era.

A 1981 design for Robots, it's a smart piece of modernist-inspired, functional design, offering up a folding table you can pack away when not in use, complete with swivel castors, a chromed steel frame and two tops on tempered glass, three styles of which are available.

Useful for just about anything you can think of, it sells for £360.

Find out more at the Panik Design website

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Flos 265 1970s wall lamp by Paolo Rizzatto

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Yes, it does look like a cross between a fishing rod and a golf club, but the Flos 265 wall lamp by Paolo Rizzatto is actually quite a clever bit of period lighting.

It's aim is to focus light around the room from a fixed location – attach to the wall and you can use that long adjustable steel arm to direct light where you need it. Perfect for a quirky office light, a light over a dining table or just something cool in an industrial-like setting.

If you're still confused how it works, check out the image over the page to see it in use. if you like what you see, it sells for £509.

Find out more at the Nest website

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