Looking futuristic, but at the same time, very much of its era is this Le Klint 172 pendant light.
It was designed by Poul Christiansen back in 1971 and available in various sizes to fit the size of your room. All are hand-folded in Denmark from a single flat sheet of plastic and come ready-assembled in the box, along with a white flex, rise cover and an ES lampholder.
Prices start at £146.
If you are on the look out for a chair to slide into, you’ll love the retro-styled Orb 72 chair.
The chair has just one armrest – giving you more freedom to lounge about in whatever way you like. And on the technical side, it has a plywood framework, with a felt fabric covering and a metallic base for support.
If you want to do some serious relaxing, you can pick one up for £1,200.
A useful bit of spare seating, not to mention a design classic – the Elephant Stool from Vitra is also within the financial reach of most people.
Designed by Sori Yanagi in 1954, this polypropylene stool is ideal for both children and adults and for both indoors and outdoors. And it’s good as a stylish occasional table.
Take your pick from black, white or red, the Elephant Stool retails for £56.
Work of art or functional furniture? With the Al & Jo Classic Piet, you get both.
Al & Jo is an Italian design house, bringing together artists, cabinet makers and engineers to produce items using all of these skills – like the Classic Piet. As the name (and look) suggests, this is inspired by Mondrian’s coloured blocks of the 1920s. But it’s not just about the art – beneath that surface is an MDF storage unit with four drawers and four cabinet areas with Minimax Ferrari hinges, stood on an iron treated stand (for a rust effect).
Just 10 of these are being made, each selling for 5,220 Euros.
It packs all the wooden curves of a mid-century design, but this Maya armchair from Darlings of Chelsea is actually a modern piece.
Designed as a telephone chair – or indeed for anywhere requiring a table/chair, the Maya is handcrafted, with a low back, soft cushioned fabric seat and spiral side table, with a choice of fabric (plain or patterned) available for upholstery and natural, cherry, walnut or wenge available for the chair legs and spiral table.
If I have one reservation, it’s the spiral finish on the table, which looks out of character from the rest of the design – but you can opt not to have one if you wish. Prices are around £330.
Find out more at the Darlings of Chelsea website
It looks like it fell from a late 60s design magazine, but this is actually cutting edge lighting – the Tom Dixon Mirror Ball Stand.
The latest addition to Dixon’s Mirror Ball collection (found in Heals and various high-end design stores), the Mirror Ball Stand is described as a ‘sculptural interior lighting tree’, with different-sized balls fixed to a stainless steel stand with industrial strength clamps (to keep everything in place).
Up to six balls can be fixed onto the stand, which is sized at 80 x 180cm. The Mirror Ball Stand is a new launch, so no price available as yet – although it should be available to buy later this year.
