Category: Design and Interiors

OK, it’s not exactly fan weather right now, but when the warm weather does return, you’ll be glad you bought an Art Deco-style Rockefeller fan.

This weighty fan (made of solid zinc) claims to move air more than any other fan of its size, with three speeds just in case you want to limit the breeze. But best of all, it’s a stylish item even when you don’t need a draught.

The Rockefeller is available in five colours – red, yellow, black, blue and white – all retailing at £170.

Find out more at the American Fan Company website

Remember the Spirograph? The Conran Shop certainly does, introducing this Spirograph log basket to its latest range.

Yes, this is based on the poplar 60s toy, which allowed you to create op art-style images with various tools and coloured pens. This ‘real’ Spirograph is handcrafted in iron wire, designed to store logs for your open fire.

It’s exclusive to the Conran Shop and so far only shows on the US site at $95 (around £48). Might be worth checking with the London store for UK availability.

Find out more at the Conran Shop website

I love the modernist simplicity of the Tommy table lamp from Habitat.

Standing just 22cm high, it;s a steel lamp with rounded base and head, along with full adjustability for getting up close and personal with that book.

It’s also well-priced too, available for just £20.

Find out more at the Habitat website

Dating back to 1961, but now available as a reissue, is this Vitra La Fonda Armchair by Alexander Girard.

Girard was a friend of Charles and Ray Eames and was commissioned to create a restaurant interior in the Time-Life Building in New York. To furnish the dining area, he wanted chairs whose bases would fit with the rest of the interior, with the height of the backrests the same as the height of the tables.

And this is the result, developed by Eames Office as a padded plastic shell mounted on a two-piece cast aluminium base. The lining is available in a choice of colours – dark grey, black and orange covered Hopsak. And if you want one to furnish your interior, it retails for £636.

Find out more at the Utility Design website