Another design that defies its age – the Bertoia armchair, which dates back over 50 years, but is still in production through Knoll.
As the name indicates, it was designed by Harry Bertoia for his 1952 seating collection, sculpted from bent metal rods before being upholstered in a choice of fabrics from the collection. The frame is actually welded steel, with a choice of a polished or satin finished chrome, black or white finish.
Prices start at £987.
Another great way of recycling an everyday piece of design – the Emergency Money Box from Suck UK.
Yes, just like the traditional fire alarm, you get to smash the glass in the wall-based box when an emergency arises. Except in this case, the emergency is purely financial.
The one obvious downside is that you only get to use it once. But at £9.95, it’s not the end of the world when you do take a hammer to it.
We have featured the original BestLite table lamp previously – an iconic light that’s still in production today. But we haven’t mentioned this really eye-catching variation – the BestLite BL3 floor lamp.
The original BestLite is claimed to be the first piece of Bauhaus-style design to have been made in Britain, specifically by Birmingham company Best and Lloyd, from a design by Robert Dudley Best. It became the must-have lamp of the era, with Winston Churchill famously using one on his desk during wartime.
This floor lamp version is almost identical to the classic table lamp, with the obvious exception of the height – standing at an adjustable height of up to 1120mm. The price is higher too – although not massively so at £429, which is around £150 more than the table version.
Find out more at the Nest website
We’re very much liking these mid-century design pop art prints by Matt Mills.
Available from Thumbtack Press, the prints use classic pieces of mid-century design on contrasting backgrounds to create some really eye-catching pieces of affordable art. As well as the Eames and Barcelona chairs featured here, there’s aldo the Marshmallow sofa, Eames rocker and Wassily chair to choose from, all sized at 8 x 10 inches and all printed on heavyweight paper using archival inks.
The price for each print is a very reasonable $24.99, which is around £13.
Find out more at the Thumbtack Press website
Sebastian Wrong’s range of Font Clocks celebrate the joys of that specialised field of design, typography.
The clock uses twelve different fonts within the mechanism to provide a random mix on display. Eleven of the fonts are twentieth century design, with one 18th century English script thrown in for good measure. Once during the annual time cycle, all of the fonts will run together for 5 minutes.
So these clocks look good and have an interesting design feature, but there is a downside which inevitably is the price. The smallest clock in the range costs £195 and for that price you just get the time. Just over £550 and £800 will buy you a larger clock that includes the date as well as the time.
The full range can be bought from Thorsten Van Elten.
Ideal for the aging rocker in your life is this superb Fender Stratocaster table.
Manufactured by Fender itself, the tables are made of a durable wood composite, then custom-stained and varnished to resemble the tone and colour of a vintage guitar. There’s also three chrome support legs and serial number – which could make it an investment for the future. Or not. The six tuning peg caps are silk screened, as is the lettering.
Sized at 381 x 1220 x 508mm, you can pick up the table for £200.
