Even vintage computer game geeks need home design – and what could be more appropriate than the Asteroids vase.
Designed by Koray Ozgen, the vase is sized t just 4 inches x 4 inches and is made of a white ceramic. And with all those sides to stand on, you can angle it in a variety of ways if you want to look a littl quirky.
Available online, you can pick one up for £17.50
We make no apologies for featuring anothher George Nelson clock – always quirky, always timeless and always eye-catching – and that’s certainly the case with the George Nelson steering wheel clock.
It’s inspiration is obvious – the steering wheel of a car. What isn’t obvious is the age of this clock’s design – originally conceived in 1948, it’s coming up to 60 years old. That design has been tweaked slightly by Vitra for this reissue, but this lacquered metal clock remainsa design classic.
You can pick one up for £176.
Another affordable design classic – the Erik Magnussen Vacuum Jug, which is 30 years old today.
And it certainly doesn’t look its age. Made by Stelton Denmark, it is made of matt finished stainless steel, with a glass liner that keeps your drink hot or cold – and your sideboard very cool. There’s allsorts of colour combinations available – indeed, there’s a new range of black and white jugs out now to celebrate the 30th anniversary.
The limited anniversary jugs are available for around £50, but you can pick up one of the other colour combinations from £35.
Another design classic, this time the rather unusual-looking Ox Chair, produced by Erik Jorgensen.
This chair actually dates back to 1960, designed by Hans J. Wegner and apparently inspired by the work of Picasso – and indeed the humble ox. It was all too futuristic for the tastes of the day, going out of production in 1962 and not returning until 1985.
You can still get one of the leather and stainless steel chairs today, but at a price. Expect to pay between £5,900 – £6,500, depending on the specification.
I don’t think we’ve mentioned BHS before on here, but they do have the odd hidden gem lurking in their stories, including these space age light shades.
The Holes pendant is a great 70s-style shade, but if circles aren’t your thing, you can always go for Squares. The Holes design is smaller at 8-inch and is made of fabric and able to withstand up to a 60w bulb. Squares is bigger at 12 inches and is made of faux suede, again able to withstand up to a 60w light.
And as it’s BHS, it’s cheap. Holes retails for £18, while Squares will set you back £20.
Cheap design classics, we’re all for them. And they don’t come much easier on the pocket than the Futura mobile by Ole Flensted.
Mobiles are not something common to a lot of us, but in Denmark they have a long tradition. As do the Flensteds in the field. The first modern mobile (Stork) was created by Christian Flensted in 1954, but this Futura mobile was designed by his son, Ole. He’s still making them today, but the 1970 Futura offers you something interesting for your living room as well as a nice period piece.
Each mobile is assembled by hand and packed ready to hang. Yours for £24.
