Category: Design and Interiors

It’s one of the most iconic space age designs of the 60s and certainly one of the designer’s more famed pieces, yet it’s not easy to find a Joe Colombo Elda armchair.

Amazingly dating back to 1963, but probably more recognisable as the armchair of choice on 70s cult TV show Space 1999, the Elda is actually still in production – although finding a retailer is the hard bit. If you do track one down locally, you can kick back in a futuristic swivel chair made of ABS plastic, with rippled upholstery in a choice of fabric or if you’re feeling flash (like the designer above), leather.

US readers can pick one up online from Nova 68, with prices starting at $7,600 (around £3,900). Maybe that’s why so few stores keep them in stock. See another image over the page.

Find out more at the Nova 68 website

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So, you’ve got your mid-century wooden furnishings, but how about a matching floor? Well, that’s now possibly with the newly-launched Amtico Vintage Teak range of flooring.

Inspired by the look of mid-century designs and the 70s craze of wood panelling, the new flooring range offers the same look, but without any trees suffering – this is synthetic ‘wood’.

Just launched, so no price as yet, you can request more information (or a brochure) via the company’s website.

Find out more at the Amtico website

We featured the floor version of the Foto lamp from Zero some time back when it hit retail in Sweden. Well, now it’s available in the UK – in table form anyway.

If it looks familiar, it’s because this Thomas Bernstrand and Mattias Ståhlbom design is based on the classic photographer’s studio lighting, made of aluminium and steel and with an adjustable head for aiming the light.

Take your pick from four colours, all selling for £350.

Find out more at the Liberty website

Ok, it’s not the most feature-packed clock on the market, but you have to admit that this vintage robot alarm clock from TokyoBay is a cutie.

Very much an old school robot (with more than a hint of Metal Mickey), it has a perma-grin face, moving arms, matching legs and a traditional clock face inside, complete with ringing alarm.

Sized at just 3.75 inches tall and battery-powered, it sells for $49.99 (around £25).

Find out more at the Mod Cloth website

It might be a bit too close to the classic George Nelson Coconut Chair for some, but we love the La Palma OC-Chair.

The OC-Chair by Simon Pengelly offers up laid-back seating via a moulded wood shell, supported by a sandblasted stainless steel base. The fabric upholstery completes the chair, in a suitably retro red cloth.

The price isn’t a million miles from a Coconut Chair either – £1,032.

Find out more at the Made In Design website