Category: Design and Interiors

Coming to the V&A Museum of Childhood at the end of November is Space Age: Exploration, Design And Popular Culture – a celebration of the space age to coincide with Sputnik’s 50th birthday.

The exhibition explores the influence that the space race had on pop culture, encompassing music, design, fashion, literature, toys and childhood fantasy. There will be over 300 objects on display including a real Martian meteorite, an original Cosmonaut Suit, a symbolic 1960s mini dress by Leonard Joseph, the 1967 Pastilli Chair and many iconic toys including the 1960s Marx’s clockwork Moon Creatures.

The exhibition will run at the V&A Museum of Childhood from 24th November 2007 – 6th April 2008 before touring museums and galleries around the UK.

Find out more at the V&A Museum of Childhood

We love our quirky design – and these Stuck On You kitchen hooks are some of the best we have see in a long time.

Looking like a traditional saucepan, these semi-pans are made of steel with a lacquer finish in red, white or black and are ideal for hanging up your tea towels or kitchen utensils. Although you might need a wide kitchen to hang them – they’re 22cm from wall to the end of the handle.

Each hook retails for £38.95.

Find out more at the Ochigo website

Looking to add a splash of colour to your bedroom? You’ll get more than a splash with this Retro Radar bedding set.

In a camel and red colour scheme, it’s a seven-piece set, including covers for things I’ve never even heard of – pillow cases. fitted sheet, flat sheet I get, but I’m not sure what a comforter or shams are!

Anyway, if you do and you need them, you’ll be pleased to know these are reversible too and are available to order online for $99.99, which is around £50. The price might vary for different-sized beds.

Find out more at the Overstock website

The idea of flashcard is normally to teach children the alphabet, but your little ones would need to be pretty advanced to learn their ABCs using the ‘M is for Modern’ Flash Cards.

Instead of the usual A is for Apple, B is for Bicycle etc, the cards in this set objects and ideas from modernism, for example A is for A-frame, B is for Bauhaus, and C is for Constructivist. Each card uses iconic graphics and colours good enough to be framed as art.

They are available in the UK exclusively at Showhome priced £14, but are also available in the USA from Smithsonian Institution in New York and SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.