You might be familiar with the Verner Panton Cone Chair, but the Vitra Cone Table by Verner Panton is a lesser-known, but equally stylish companion piece.
Designed to sit with both the Cone Chair or the Heart Chair, this 1958 low table offers up a conical podium sat on a stainless steel base, with a High Density Polypropolene (HPL) surface for your coffee cups and magazines.
Reissued for the modern era and still looking as futuristic as ever, it sells for £969.
We've featured the 50s-inspired occasional table and side table from the Rolly range of furniture, but if you're on the look out for somewhere to catch up with your correspondence, the Rolly Desk from the same range should have it covered.
Once again taking styling prompts from the mid-century era, the Rolly Desk (the work of Matt Carr) is a desk very much of the old school. Yes, you might be able to get a laptop or notebook on it, but this American black walnut desk is designed more for the written word, complete with two open compartments and two sliding tambour doors that glide to reveal storage for all your writing and stationery essentials.
Available online and instore, the Rolly Desk is yours for £695.
What do you get if you cross a classic 60s plastic stool and a modern-day must-have gadget? You get the Branex iTam Tam, which is back for this season oin several glossy shades.
We first featured it in early 2008, when it was available only with a monochrome finish, but now this hi-tech version of Henry Massonet's classic 1968 stool is available in seven colourful shades, perfect for matching up with your interior decor.
If you missed it first time around, the iTam Tam is still a small plastic stool, but now sports 70w (2x 35w) of stereo audio, a docking station for all iPods and iPhones, a jack for other types of audio and remote control to skip through your music. One of the quirkiest and coolest audio units out there, you can pick one up for £343.
This attractive Focus de Luxe cutlery set dates from 1955 and has been reintroduced by Gense for the twenty-first century. Its distinctive looks are the work of Folke Arström and they were judged to be stylish enough for the New York Times to describe it as one of the 100 best designed products in modern times.
The knife, fork and spoon are made from stainless steel and plastic and a set of 12 pieces costs 109 euros.
If the designs above look a little familiar, chances are that you're thinking about the Verner Panton Flowerpot light fittings, a classic of both ceiling and table lighting from 1969. But this is actually a different design – the Doma lighting range by Original BTC.
Designed by Peter Bowles of Original BTC, it certainly hints at the Flowerpot, but puts its own 1930s-style spin on things with a ceramic shade, chrome stand (for both table and floor version) and a enamel-style base or ceiling rose as a period finishing touch.
John Lewis is the best place to look for Original BTC on the high street, or check out the Original BTC site for more details. Prices range from £147 to £211.
Cardboard Safari have thought of their own way of marking the anniversary of the Apollo Moon 11 landings. While they are best known for making those cardboard kits that fit together to make things like deer and rhino heads, here they've gone space age with their Astro Rocket.
The gently curving body of the rocket is made by slotting together from pieces of laser cut recycled cardboard. It comes in either earth brown or lunar white but, because it's cardboard, you could always decorate it with your own design. There are three sizes available ranging from 14 inches high and costing $14, up to the 31 inches and $56. As you can see, several rockets look good placed together and could form your own moon landing inspired tribute.
