Blinds are rarely anything other than functional, but a new range by Love is Blind promises to change all that, with designs like this Wow pop art blind.
Very 60s – and as good as a piece of art for brightening up a room – from the inside and outside. The blind comes as a complete kit with full assembly instructions, brackets, screws and chrome side winder. Which means it’s simple to install and easily adjusted to fit your window size.
Sized at 1m x 1.8m, you can pick one up for £49.95.
Quirky 70s wallpaper isn’t something I’d expect from Graham & Brown, but they have it, courtesy of this Trippy wallpaper.
If you’re going for the 70s theme, this is about as authentic as you can get, with the added bonus of it being textured Super Fresco – which means it’s easier to hang than traditional paper. But before you do buy it, ask yourself this – can you really deal with this amount of colour during a Sunday morning hangover?
If you can, it’s available online or in your local DIY place for £20 per roll.
We haven’t featured any classic design for a while, so here’s a great example – the Arne Jacobsen Swan Sofa.
It’s another example of Jacobsen creating something timeless – next year, this will be 50 years old, but this graceful sofa still looks ahead of its time. It was originally designed for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen in 1958 and is still in production today, courtesy of Fritz Hansen, using that same moulded, foam-covered shell and satin-polished aluminium base.
It’s upholstered in a choice of fabrics, with the price depending on the one you choose. A basic cloth sets the price at £3,355, while the use of a natural leather bumps it up to £6,715.
Not to be confused with the Eero Aarnio Ball Chair, this Ball Chair by Finn Stone is a very modern design, with inspiration from that space age era.
British designer and sculptor Finn Stone has designed this seat for both indoor and outdoor use, with the looks to sharpen up an interior and a construction of recycled ABS (virtually indestructible polyethyene) to ensure it can withstand the elements. Indeed, each chair is also coated with a high quality laquer.
Available in black, white, red, green, brown and that very 70s orange, you can pick one up for £140 online.
Harking back to an era when colour wasn’t something to be scared of, this Flavia Del Pra 70s-style ceramic lamp should brighten up any room – and that’s before you even plug it in.
This design, known as Memoirs, is just one of many design options, all sharing that bold use of colour and as much a work of art as a piece of home design – and that goes for the base as much as the shade. The entire lamp stands at 68cm and is made to order, so expect to wait around 5-6 weeks for one.
Available to order online, you can pick one up for £360.
We don’t usually use images so big on Retro To Go, but in this case we’ll make an exception, as we want to show off these exclusive Barbara Hulanicki greetings cards from London’s V&A.
There’s four designs to choose from – "Pink Boots", "Girl in Blue", "Spotty Shoe" and "Headscarf Girl" – all are original designs by the Biba founder and have been made available to promote the reissue of Barbara Hulanicki’s autobiography, A to Biba.
Each card is available online, retailing for £2.75 each.
