Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed this wall clock for the studios in the Glasgow School of Art around 1899. This may make it one of the oldest clock designs we’ve featured, although of course the one available to buy now is a reproduction.
Despite being created on a limited budget, the clock still bears Mackintosh’s signature style. It features dark stain oak with screen printed numerals.
It is available to buy online form The Glasgow Girls, priced £68.51
The Louis Poulsen PH lamp is a design classic, so it's no surprise seeing high street retailers taking influence from it, as John Lewis has done with the Plats Rise and Fall ceiling light.
Just far enough away from the original to make it unique, John Lewis throws in an industrial-style fitting, but keeps the multiple reflective shades for both the look and giving your room an interesting spread of light.
And as it's on the high street, we're not looking at a £400+ price tag either. This aluminium and chrome fitting is yours for just £58.50 – which leaves you with plenty of cash for a table lamp to match.
We're big fans of Robin Day's stylish and functional designs, having previously featured the likes of the Poly armchair and the Polo chair. And the Q Stak chair is another design worthy of your attention.
Designed in 1952, it's versatile little number, perfect for a dining chair or occasional chair. And when you no longer need these mid-century gems, just stack them up neatly in a corner (hence the name).
The chair was originally made to a brief, with the requirement that the Q Stack be made from as few components as possible (post-war shortages and all that). That minimalism keeps it contemporary today, with a few additions from maker Loft for the modern era, including concealed fixings and a choice of white, beech or walnut veneer finish. Still the same support for your back though.
If you want one, the Q Stak retails for £129.
Simple, but eye-catching – the Oyster lounge chair by Pierre Paulin is still a stylish seat well over 50 years since it first hit the market.
Now reissued by Artifort, this early Paulin design (from 1954) has a chromed metal base, a wooden seating shell and brightly-coloured upholstery that seems to 'float' on the frame.
Great for kicking back into after a hard day at work, the Oyster is available from £1,272, the foot stool will set you back around £500 more.
The Goteborg Dining Chair is over seventy years old with the approximate dates of its design being lists as 1934-1937. It was designed by the Swedish architect and designer, Erik Gunnar Asplund.
Asplund played a central role in the development of Scandinavian architecture and design of twentieth century with his work influencing big names in design such as Alvar Aalto and Arne Jacobsen. It is still being manufactured by Cassina and is available to buy online from Nest with a choice of fabric or leather upholstery.
With the current 10% discount, the chair costs around £625 for fabric or just over £670 for leather. Visit Nest to see all the options.
Quirky and classic – the Zanotta Gilda armchair is certainly an eye-catching seat.
Designed by Carlo Mollino back in 1954, the chair is built around an oak-dyed ash frame with bronzed-brass detailing, adjustable to four positions, depending on how much you want to relax. And when you do kick back, that 'self-extinguishing' polyurethane/dacron upholstery and leather cover will certainly keep you comfortable.
Prices start at around £2,300.
