Loving the 60s-inspired looks of the Enzo Berti Pop Chair.
Use it in your home or in your garden, with the circular chair made of moulded polyethilene (in a choice of white, yellow, orange, red or black), standing on a chromium metal base.
If you want one, it will cost you £410.
Remember the Ikea Karlstad Sofa? We featured it some months back on the back of it being inspired by the classic Florence Knoll sofa from 1954. Well, now it’s back – offering just a little bit more for your money.
The new version comes in black, white and brown leather, offering room for three people and a sofa bed for one or two, as well as storage underneath for pillow and quilts or all those magazines cluttering up the room. And unlike most sofa beds, it’s not an eye sore when you don’t need the extra sleeping space.
You can pick one up now for £999.
Newgate can always be relied upon to knock out retro styled clocks, with the Bubble wall clock the latest addition to the range.
No prizes for guessing why the clock os so called – that bulbous acrylic front sticks out in more ways than one. Aside from that, there’s a solid back, retro-styled paper dial, metal hands and a choice of black or cream for the finish.
Battery-powered, it sells for £45.
Find out more at the Colloco website
A chair with a famous heritage (of sorts) and with roots in the early 70s – the Enzo Berti Kata hanging chair.
Apparently it is based on a chair seen by Berti in Ringo Starr’s house in the early 1970s. Which all sounds very ‘showbiz’ until you find out that the designer was there as a taxi driver at the time rather than a house guest.
The chair itself has a rattan frame (natural or varnished), with removable foam cushions and a chrome base. £2,756 will get one into your home.
Find out more at the Espacio website
A very modern piece of design, but with a nod to the past – the Sex Pistols Bearbricks.
If you’ve never encountered Bearbricks before, they’re a Japanese design toy, created by Medicom in different sizes and limited edition designs. And as those designs are never reissued, they are seriously collectable.
The ones here are part of the Sex Pistols series (as you might have guessed), sized at 1000% (24 inches) and with four design to collect. Guaranteed to brighten up any home, you should shop around for the best price – via the link below, they sell for £135 each.
Find out more at the Fat Buddha website
The First Chair was designed for Michele De Lucchi for the Milan-based company Memphis, who caused a stir in the design world in the 1980s.
The First Chair was designed in 1983 although its quirky design could easily fit in items from the 1960s as it has a similar playfulness.
Made from enamelled wood and metal, it costs $850 (approximately £420) from Nova68.
