Struggling to afford an original Tulip dining table? You could get yourself down to Marks & Spencer for this Veneto glass dining table.
Chrome and glass is the order of the day here – the steel frame is finished in chrome, with a grey-tinted toughened safety glass top more than capable of a few knocks.
This Italian-made table has a total size of 72.5cm (height) x 120cm (diameter) and is currently on offer, priced at £239, down from its usual £299 price point for a limited time.
For all its faults, the one thing you were guaranteed in the 1980s was colour. And it doesn’t get much more colourful than the Vision storage system.
Originally designed in 1985 by Pierre Mazairac and Karel Boonzaaijer for Dutch brand Pastoe, it’s a design that was undoubtedly influenced by the Rubik’s Cube. The Vision is made up of nine lacquered MDF cabinets, each with an internal shelf, with doors that close using a pneumatic system.
And you can buy it again, courtesy of the Conran Shop, which has an exclusive on the reissue. But you’ll have to do some saving first – it is priced at £9,350.
Some great design has come out of Brazil over the years – and right up there is this M3 sofa.
It was designed by Miguel Forte & Jacob Ruchti back in the 1950s, but its wood frame and fabric upholstery still look incredibly stylish and contemporary today. Indeed, you can still buy it today, courtesy of UK-based Brazilia Interiors, which has reissued the M3 and some size variations for today’s market.
Obviously that style comes at a price – it retails for £3250, but that does buy you a genuine classic.
You may recall us flagging up the DFS Nimbo seating – a tribute to or indeed copy of the classic Togo seating from Ligne Roset, dating back to 1973. Well, there’s some more seating on the market with more than a hint of the same inspiration – this ILVA loft modular seating.
It is certainly similar in look, albeit much firmer than the original. But it does have a seriously 70s vibe, ideal for that space age look. It’s available in white or black imitation leather in a size that suits you – that’s the joy of modular seating.
And it is reasonably cheap. A set-up with three seats and a corner unit (similar to the one shown above) will retail for around £849. Compare that to your average designer sofa and it looks very good value.
We recently featured the Prismatic Table, a design by Isamu Noguchi that has only recently been put into production. Similarly, the Noguchi Tea Cup Set was designed in 1952, but took 50 years before being available to buy.
Like Noguchi’s other work, the Tea Cup set blends western Modernism with the traditional Japanese tea ceremony and is in fact based on an old terracotta cup the designer owned.
Pop UK are selling the sets priced £47.
Poker is enjoy newfound levels of popularity these days and if you’ve caught the card-playing bug, you may want a dedicated poker table for your home. This one was designed by influential Italian designer Joe Colombo so you won’t be sacrificing any style.
As well as the fetching regulation green baize, the table features corner mounted swing-away ashtrays.
Espacio are selling the Joe Colombo Poker Table. Be warned it costs over £2,000 so it will take a few winning hands to pay for it.
