Category: Design and Interiors

We featured a forthcoming addition to the Tom Dixon Mirror Ball range recently, then realised we hadn’t actually covered the existing range – which includes the Tom Dixon Mirror Ball floor lamp.

Not just for the floor, it’s also available with a stand, should you want your light at a higher level. Or just keep it on the floor – the plastic polycarbonate globe with internal mirror coating and exposed bulb creating a lot of light and a lot of impact.

Two sizes available – small at 40cm diameter and large at 50cm diameter. Prices start at £265.

Find out more at the Utility Design website

A design classic that’s practical and still in production today – the Jean Prouve Compas desk.

Designed back in 1950, Prouve based the desk around a set of compasses – the legs being reminiscent of a pair. They’re  actually made of profiled steel, with a tubular central crossbar and laminated wooden top to finis things off.

It’s style is in its simplicity – and if it ticks the boxes for you, the Compas is back in production by Vitra for £1,800.

Find out more at the Design Shop UK website

A modern design with a distinctly retro flavour – the Amélie lamp by Fontana Arte.

Designed by Harry and Camila, the lamp is available in blue, white or red, with the ‘tulip-style’ base painted aluminium, while the shade is made from hand-blown glass, surrounding an incandescent bulb.

Available online, you can pick one up for around £121.

Find out more at the Made In Design website

Inspired by the 60s and produced in the 1980s, the Leolux Pallone chair still catches the eye today.

Designer Roy de Scheemaker was apparently inspired by Goldfinger, Barbarella and vintage comic strips when creating the chair – and that ‘larger than life’ look is immediately evident.  You can relax in this ‘floating cushion’ or you can use it backwards should you want to sit upright. And even when it’s not in use, it’s going to get your guests talking.

As you might expect, not cheap – you’ll have to pay from £1,250 to get one in your home.

Find out more at the FCI website