If you want to add a bit of 60s style to your kitchen, or just brighten it up, the retro espresso tower and cappuccino tower could be just the things you need.
The cups are in a mix of retro colours, ready to pop out as and when you need them. Six cups in each set (and six saucers with the espresso cups) along with the metal holder. They retail for £15 per set.
We like to give you something to do as well as some ideas of what to buy, and the new exhibition Figuring Space: Sculpture/Furniture from Mies to Moore, at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds is one to go and see.
It opened last week and runs until the 1st of April, and explores the relationship between sculpture and furniture, and how they both work to shape the environment they inhabit.
Work by Mies van der Rohe including his famous Barcelona Chair will be exhibited alongside Henry Moore sculptures. The exhibition also includes signature pieces of furniture by Charles and Ray Eames and Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chair which were designed to be looked at as well as sat on, therefore blurring the line between sculpture and furniture.
If you can’t get to the exhibition the site has lots of installation views which are worth a look.
Jean Prouvé produced some interesting designs on both sides of the second world war – the Cité Armchair being a classic from his early days, designed for a competition for furnishing the halls of residence at Nancy’s cité universitaire in 1930 – and still in production today.
It’s very much the easy chair, used by Prouvé to kick back in his own home. It uses a moulded sheet steel base, with a seat and back made from a single piece of fabric or leather and armrests made from natural leather straps.
This modernist gem went back into production in 2001 through Vitra and is still available today. Expect to pay about £2,000 and wait a while – as all are made to order.
When it comes to customisation, snooker cues aren’t the things that obviously spring to mind. But MoJo are offering just that with the Mod-themed snooker and pool cue.
What you get is a 2-piece carbon-fibre MoJo cue (apparently more durable than the old wood cues) with a soft case (or optional hard case) and titanium fittings for the join. And for "Mod-themed" read targets – not your usual targets, but a smart design all the same. The design is actually part of the construction, so no chipping or fading over time.
New to the UK and limited edition, you can pick one up for £55 with a soft case or £60 for a hard case.
For most people, a kettle is just a household item of convenience – with only Dualit making any concession to design. But if you’ve got some time on your hands and want something with a cool retro look, you should check out this whistling stovetop kettle from The Linen Works.
You do need a bit of extra time because it does take long for a stovetop kettle to boil than a main-powered model. But at least you can look at the cool blue and white enamel design while you’re waiting and you get to enjoy the whistle when it’s coming to the boil.
It can be used on any cooker surface and retails for £31.50.
Find out more at The Linen Works website
According to the website, Poppy Cotton began when my Melissa Cotton Womack and her husband moved into a new home, with a desire to recreate the look of their favourite films of the 60s and 70s. No-one stocked suitable items, so they decided to make them – and the company was born.
The lampshades here are part of range that also includes wall hangings and pillows, all using vintage fabrics to create new items and brightly-coloured items for the retro home. The two lamps featured are around 8 inches tall and should fit easily on any lamp base.
And because they’re made from vintage cloth, they’re limited in number, so you’re getting something fairly exclusive. They retail for $50 (around £26) each.
See the full range at the Poppy Cotton website
