Category: Design and Interiors

I like Dwell – because they offer some really good design (including some nice retro-styled items) at reasonable prices. And one such item that’s new to the range is this Cross Base swivelling armchair.

Obviously taking some inspiration from the Verner Panton Cone Chair, but at a fraction of the price of one, it has a solid wood frame, brushed steel legs and a mixed fibre covering in a grey/brown.

Comfortable and stylish, the chair is available later this month, priced at £275.

Find out more at the Dwell website

Got more money than taste and want to show it off? You need to get yourself some Hoon street jewellery.

Hoon is actually an offshoot of long-established and highly-regarded jeweller Arthus-Bertrand, trying its hand at bling with items as diverse as trains, gun chambers, the DJ deck above and the ghetto blaster below. Both are made of silver, covered with a gold layer and with an 80cm chain.

And if you want to purchase, you can pick up the deck at around £182 and the ghetto blaster for around £219.

Find out more at the Caliroots website

New to the Habitat range is a design classic – the Pidou vases by Alvino Bagni.

Ceramicist Bagni designed the vases in 1979 after a trip to Paris. Yes, those bends are based on the external tubes at the Pompidou. And almost 30 years on, they’re still incredibly futuristic.

This reissue is exclusive to Habitat, maintaining the original interlinking design and two colour metallic finish. You can pick them up for £95, but only instore.

Find out more at the Habitat website