Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery. So Ligne Roset should be very flattered by the new Nimbo seating from DFS.
That’s because it’s a very close copy of the company’s classic Togo design by Michel Ducaroy. Ligne Roset introduced Togo in 1973 – the first all-foam sofa – and it’s still a best seller, as well as a contemporary item, thanks to the ever-changing range of covering materials.
Mod targets are everywhere theses days (see the shoelaces we featured the other day for proof) so the design has probably lost some of its credibility. But designer Anna Kyyro Quinn has injected some new life into the motif with her Target Cushions.
The rings on her design are more elliptical than the uniform circles of the traditional target symbol and she has shunned the red/blue/white combination in favour of more unusual colour combinations such as the oatmeal/grey/red picture or pink/olive/pink. They are available in oblong or square in a variety of size, all made from luxury natural fabrics and cut, sew and finished by hand.
The only downside is that it comes at a cost with prices ranging from £115 to £150 on the Urban Suite website.
It's been around for a while, but if you're looking for some simple and stylish retro-styled lighting, the Ikea Fado range is certainly worth looking at.
There are two lights – the pendant lamp and the pendant downlighter. Both feature a large mouth-blown glass shade that gives off some serious light, with the pendant also offering a long cable that can be adjusted to almost any height – big or small. In the a 70s-styled room, both really look the part.
And for very little outlay – the downlighter retails for £19.99, while the pendant light sells for £23.
Update: The lights above are no longer available. However, you can still buy the Fado table lamp – or check out the wider Ikea lighting range here.
The Tate in London recently held its How We Are: Photographing Britain exhibition, issuing a range of merchandise to support it – and that includes this rather smart Mirror Film Strip.
It’s a mirror, sized at 65 x 50cm and designed by London-based Graphic Thought Facility in the shape of old camera film (you know, the stuff you used before the advent of digital cameras).
It’s also a limited edition of 72 (two rolls of 36 exposure film apparently), with each mirror numbered and supplied with wall fixings and hanging instructions.
You can buy it online from the Tate, priced at £140.
An example of being green and a very cool piece of lighting – the Green Light Concepts Traffic Light pendant lights.
Yes, these lights use the coloured glass off a traffic light – red, yellow and green (although the green of these US-made lights looks distinctly blue). There’s a choice of 8 and 12-inch diameter lights, all sat in an anodised aluminium housing and using a low voltage bulb.
Impress your visitors with what looks like a piece of quirky vintage lighting, then impress them some more with your recycling of an everyday object. Prices start at $240 (around £120).
Find out more at the Green Light Concepts website
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Want to add some colour to your living room? You could do it with this Mondri vase.
It’s the work of Danish designer Frank Kerdil, but with obvious inspiration from the work of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian in the 1920s. So in effect, you’re getting a vase and a work of art in one. Clever too – with three openings, you can turn the vase round for the size you need.
Available online from the Museum of Contemporary Art, you can pick it up for $75 (around £38).
