Category: Design and Interiors

We’ve covered a lot of lamps recently, but we make no excuses for that – the nights are long and the temperatures are dropping – good lighting is something everyone needs.

And an example of good lighting is this Saturn retro table lamp. It’s a new piece, but very much in the late 60s/early 70s space age style and in a choice of black and white (black featured here because it pictures better – white is probably the best choice for a period 60s look).

Available from US firm Eurway for $149 (around £75). They do online sales for US customers, the rest of us need to email for a shipping cost.

Find out more at the Eurway website

After recently featuring the Le Corbusier dog bed, it seemed unfair to leave cats out – so here’s a superb retro-styled home for your feline friend – the Rondo cat bed.

With a design that wouldn’t have looked out of place in the late 60s/early 70s, the Rondo would sit nicely next to your tulip table, featuring a similar stand in brushed stainless steel and a choice of homes in either felt, wicker or leather. There’s also a colour choice of cushions, with replacements available when it starts to get a bit worn.

Available from Cat Interiors, they retail for around £400. Well, style doesn’t come cheap, even for a cat.

Find out more from the Cat Interiors website

The ultimate in space age comfort is now back in production – at a price.

The Lullaby Due round bed by Luigi Massoni was first seen in 1968 and is now back in production by Poltrona Frau. The round bed which fully turns in any direction you choose and features a headboard in your choice of Frau leather, suppliers to high-end companies like Ferrari and Maserati. And yes – the round mattress is included.

Available to order online via Retromodern, it will set you back $10,900 (around £5,500), with the custom-made bed taking around 3 months to build. Alternatively, you can contact Poltrona Frau directly for a retailer in your country.

Find out more at the Retromodern website

Yesterday we featured the Lampadina lamp by Achille Castiglioni, a table lamp based on a traditional bulb. Well, if you’re looking for something similar for the ceiling, check out the Bulb pendant lamp by Sofie Refer.

Unlike the Lampadina lamp, this is a recent (and award-winning) design from 2001, using a traditional clear bulb and light fitting, but adding a glass casing around it in the shape of the bulb. Certain to be a classic of the future, but with a definite hint of the past.

You can pick it up for around £50.

Find out more at 95 Per Cent Danish

More strange and wonderful lighting, this time courtesy of Achille Castiglioni and his Lampadina lamp, which dates back to 1971, but is still available to buy today.

Treading a similar path to the Ingo Maurer Bulb table lamp, it also goes for the bulb look, with a bakelite coloured bulb holder, clear globe bulb and an anodised aluminium base shaped like a film reel for storing the excess cable.

For a classic piece of design, it’s not too expensive either, priced around £55.

Find out more at the Panik website