It’s not east finding interesting garden seating, but we think we’ve discovered one example with the Amazonas Globo swing seat.
Think of it as a Bubble chair for your garden – except that there’s no plastic here, the Globo has a solid spruce frame (from a sustainable source and weather-resistant), with a flat seating area and a colour choice of padded cushion for comfort.
Available now, it retails for £443.
We covered the watch some time back, but now the classic Swiss Mondaine Clock is available for your home.
New for 2008 as a large wall clock, but anything but a new design – it was the work of a Swiss railway employee (Hans Hilfiker) in the 1940s, designed to be easily readable from a distance, with a red second hand to enable passengers to judge precisely when trains would arrive and depart. The Swiss Railways obviously being more punctual than the British ones.
It has a stainless steel case, quartz movement and a diameter of 40cm, with power by 2x AA batteries. You can pick one up for £190.
Find out more at the Panik Design website
Simple, stylish and created for the designer’s own home – the George Nelson Daybed.
Yes, this mid-century gem was designed for Nelson’s weekend home on Long Island, offering a seat, a recliner and if you remove the back, a temporary guest bed too.
It consists of a solid maple or ash frame, padded with polyurethane foam and finished with a choice of cloth, including the green above. Expect to pay around £4,000.
A Finnish design that’s now over 50 years old – but the Santa & Cole Maija floor light will still make an impact in any room.
Designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara in 1955, the lamp is not dissimilar to a pile of stacked plates, combining to create a luminous honeycomb effect. There’s also a very 1950s matt brass base, with the whole thing standing at around 70cm tall (which means it should be good for a floor or table).
Available online, expect to pay around £640.
Find out more at the Nest website
Eames styling meets 70s-style plastic furnishing – that’s the Oh chair by Karim Rashid.
It’s the occasional chair you’re not afraid to get out, moulded from high-impact polypropylene with powder coated steel legs and nylon feet and if you get a few, you’ll be pleased to know that they all stack up.
Choose from a selection of bright colours (including Think Pink and Go Green above), priced at £82.50 each.
Yes, more uses of the classic Mondrian colour blocks – with the Mondrian-inspired letter and pencil box.
These are actually an authorised use (via the Piet Mondrian Holtzman Trust), with the the 12.5-inch letter box and 9-inch long pencil box both using the signature design in a bright lacquer on the exterior.
Not cheap though – $25, which is around £130.
