Originally designed for the Cité Universitaire at Antony, the Jean Prouve Trapeze table is reissued for the consumer market by Vitra.
Dating back to 1950, the table is very much ahead of its time, a modern-looking (almost industrial) design that mixes two distinctive legs (made of sheet steel), coupled with a laminate top with broad beveled edges.
Two sizes available, selling from £2,985.
Helen Rawlinson has been selling her printed and machine stitched lampshades for over a decade, which includes this pebble design lampshade. The abstracted pebble pattern gives it a retro feel that is enhanced when the light is switched on and glows through the gaps in the pattern.
From Art Meets Matter, the people behind the original range of Penguin book jacket mugs, comes a range of mugs based on Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons' books. The design is very distinctive and first appeared in the late 1930s, each book featuring a montage of Ransome's own illustration against a different colour.
Perfect for that late 60s/early 70s vibe, the Castore lamp is a great example of modern-day space age design.
Designed by Michele De Lucchi in 1987, the Castore is a round globe lamp with an acid etched blown glass diffuser mounted on a white zamac base, available in four sizes, from 14cm through to 42cm.
If you want one, prices start at £122.
Does the phrase The doily isn't dead cause you to whoop with joy or shudder with fear? Doilies, or least doily-like paper cutting seem to be creeping back into design and homes and is celebrated in this print, otherwise known as 'Punk Doily'.
The work of Bianca Hall, operating under the name 'Kiss Her', this print moves away from the Miss Haversham image with a vibrant colour (it's also available in lemon yellow). Choosing to mark your allegiance to the doily cause by purchasing this print will set you back £40.
A relic of a bygone era will return in a slightly adapted form very soon – the 1970s Trimphone.
It's being brought back at Colloco, offering much the same in design as you probably remember from growing up, including that geometric design, the handset resting across the top of the phone and as a nice finishing touch, the centre disc for your phone number and the number of the emergency services.
This being 2009, the dial has gone, replaced with push button controls that look like a dial from a distance. After all, what would you do without that hash key? They will be available in purple, green, pink, white, turquoise and red from August, priced at £38.95 each. See over for another of the colour options.
