That curved wood and wire support might say mid-century, but the Swedese Flower coffee tables are actually a modern design.
The work of Christine Schwarer, these tables are offered in large or standard sizes, both with the choice of red, white or black laminate top, bordered in lacquered birch and with a base of chromed steel.
The standard table sells for £349, with the larger table at £529.
Find out more at the Dansk Online website
It might be a design classic, but the Egg Chair is pretty much everywhere these days. What you want is some exclusivity – and you’ll certainly get that with the limited edition 50th anniversary Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair from Fritz Hansen.
Designed in 1958 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen Denmark and previously available in an endless range of colours and finishes, this limited edition anniversary model introduces chocolate brown suede on the back and dark chocolate brown leather on the front, as well as a bronze base that will apparently darken with age.
Just 999 of these are being made, each engraved under the seat cushion with a unique number and a few words about the history and origin of the Egg chair design. it also comes with a limited edition 50th anniversary book about the seat. Expect to see them in ‘selected stores’ from February 1st 2008 – no price given as yet.
We feature lots of bold 70s-style wallcoverings on Retro To Go, but less from earlier eras. We’ll remedy that with these 50s-style wallpapers from Focus DIY.
I say 50s, but they could actually fit in with interiors inspired from earlier eras. Three designs in the range, the two on the first image are the Milie Spot (white dots on light blue background) and the Millie Floral (small flowers on blue background). The second image is the Millie Large Floral, which increases the foliage size if you fancy a flower-covered feature wall.
All are available from Focus DIY online or instore from March, with prices starting at £15.99 per roll.
Upmarket department store Liberty are now selling Piero Fornasetti’s collection of plates entitled ‘Tema e Variazioni’.
Roughly translating as Variations on a Theme, each piece of china is decorated with an image of a beautiful 19th century woman, Lina Cavalieri that he had once seen in a magazine. So haunted was Fornasetti by her image that he created over five hundred variations on her face. Some are more straightforward depictions, others individual features and some are very much in the Surrealist mould.
Each plate costs £85 from Liberty. Expensive but these plates weren’t really designed to eat your dinner off!
Further details can be found on the Liberty website.
Ben Nicholson was a pioneering British abstract artist, wife of British sculptor Barbara Hepworth and a member of the St. Ives school of artists from the late 1920s – as well as being the influence behind this Ben Nicholson St. Ives clock.
Influence behind, not designer of – it’s just a clock with an abstract design on the face rather than some kind of reissue. But it’s an eye-catching design with bold colours and a contrasting hands, measuring 190 x 290 x 65mm.
And it’s cheap to buy – just £19.95.
The name Russel Wright might not mean much to you, but he’s actually one of the most influential American designers of the 20th century – and a man credited for bringing modernism to the American home in the 1930s.
Originals from the 1930s are both scarce and expensive, so it’s just as well that Russel Wright Studios and HK Designs have reissued these spun-metal pieces, all completely faithful to the originals, with just the HK and Russel Wright marks on the bottom as additions.
There’s a range of stylish items, all available in aluminium, copper and steel and well worth checking out on the website. But if you want something that isn’t going to cost a fortune, check out the tumblers above, designed in 1932, great for long drink or cocktail and priced between $30 and $40 (£15 and £20) each.
