Not a person, Frank is the name of a design team consisting of Pam West and Matt Edmonds. And they are responsible for the Opal table range, available exclusively from Heals.
And we love it. Take your pick from the occasional table and telephone table above – or go for the longer coffee table, all featuring those cool mid-century-style walnut curves, finished off with tempered glass in a choice of colours.
See all online, with prices starting at £288.
It's always good to see cool retro design that doesn't cost a fortune – and thats certainly the case with the Newgate Metro clock.
Oozing that 1930s vibe, the Metro mantel clock is a smaller version of the original wall-based Metro, keeping the same look, curves and vintage-style digits, but reducing the size and adding an alarm.
Take your pick from red or black, both retailing for £20.
Whilst we have featured plenty of designs from the other Northern European countries, Iceland has not been so prominent. That may change with the discovery of Birkiland, a site that aims to take the work of Icelandic designers to a wider audience. Browsing their selections, Lucio by Siggi Anton caught my eye.
Lucio comprises of 12 mirrors with 220 white LEDs concealed behind, but it is so much more than a mirror or a light. It is a decorative piece of design, with more than a hint of retro styling. It is available in either black or white, both costing $3,500, which is a considerable sum for a light or mirror but not so bad for a work of art!
Visit the Birkiland website for further details.
Sometimes a picture doesn't quite do a product justice – and that's definitely the case with these Habitat Sit garden planters.
But if you see them 'in the flesh' in a store, you're sure to be impressed. Very much in the 70s space age style, the Sit planters are big no matter which one you got for – 54 x 60cm for the 'tall' planter or 82 x 28cm for the 'wide' one. Both are made of lacquered fibreglass and both come with contrasting coloured pots inside. And if you want something with impact in your garden, they're well worth a look.
Prices start at £89.
We've heard of Kho Liang le and we're well aware of Artifort, but we have never encountered the Artifort Four-Leaf Clover table by Kho Liang le before we saw it on eBay.
It's a stunning design, a slightly more quirky and unusual Tulip-style table if you like, designed by Kho Liang le around four years later in 1960s and produced by Artifort during that decade, probably in the early 70s too, but it certainly hasn't been in production for many years.
Probably not tall enough for a dining table, standing at just 43cm (and 120cm wide), it's certainly perfect for a feature or large coffee table. And at £400, it looks like something of a shrewd investment too.
If you're after a talking point as much as a light for your living room, the Ettore Sottsass Callimaco floor lamp could be for you.
Designed back in 1982 by the designer most famous for Olivetti Valentine typewriter, the lamp has a base and diffuser in painted steel, a stem in painted aluminium and a handle on polished chrome plate – although you might struggle to carry it around the room/
Reissued again by Artemide, you can pick it up for £504.
