Category: Design and Interiors

We love a bargain, but unfortunately we're based well away from the Twenty Twenty One warehouse. Shame really, as the Twenty Twenty One Day Warehouse sale promises some design classics at knockdown prices – and it takes place tomorrow, Saturday 11th July 2009.

As the name suggests, it is held for one day only at the River Street showroom (see below for details), with discounts of up to 90% on showroom samples and ex-display furniture, lighting and accessories. That includes a Saarinen oak top dining table with 50% off, a Le Corbusier LC3 2 seat sofa also with 50% off (£4,071 down to £2,035), an Alvar Aalto 91 birch dining table (above) with 60% off (£1,260 to £504), a George Nelson Petal clock at 70% off (£48) and a limited edition pale blue Panton chair with 70% off, down from £177 to just £53.

If you want to get your hands on any of those (and more), we suspect you'll need to get there early. It all kicks off at 10am, running until 3pm at Twenty Twenty One, 18c River Street, London EC1R 1XN

Twenty Twenty One website

Want to get some design classics in your home for (possibly) a fraction of the cost at retail? You can if you get involved with the V&A's silent auction on 15th July 2009 for an Eero Aarnio Globe Chair and some Peter Ghyczy Egg Chairs.

What's a silent auction you ask? Well, rather than all that arm waving and hammer bashing, a silent auction simply requires you to fill in the price you're willing to pay on a sheet of paper. If you bid the highest, you get it. And with reserve prices of £1,000 for the Globe Chair (usually £6,000) and between £400 and £600 for the Egg Chairs (usually £1,250), that could be a significant saving.

All proceeds of the auction go towards supporting the V&A's work, all items are sold as seen and bids (on the official sheets) must be handed in on the day of faxed. if you want a form, email [email protected] with the title ‘Bidding Slip Request’.

V&A Shop website

You can always rely on Karlsson to come up with something retro for timekeeping – like this KA4622 vintage-style wall clock.

Take your pick from a birch (above) or walnut finish, both offering 60s-style detailing with modern-day know how, a wooden case with bold number markers, with power from a single AA battery.

Yours for £38.40.

Find out more at the Nest website