Although sending emails is as natural as breathing to most people, it can never beat the excitement of receiving a letter in the post and these floral greetings cards are the ideal way to start writing again.
Whether it's a long lost friend half way around the world, or one of your neighbours, cards say a little more than emails and these pretty designs by Yuyu are a cheerful way to say hello.
A pack of five costs £6.50 online.
Acclaimed Swedish designers Bengt & Lotta have given their Scandinavian folklore style to another famous couple with their series of Adam and Eve Textiles for Klippan.
The illustration shows the first couple in their pre-fall state i.e. without clothes beneath an apple tree. The range includes a tablemat (£7.95), oven glove (£10.50) and apron (£27.50) with the design in silver-grey on a white background.
Buy them online at Illustrated Living.
Julia Davey has produced a small collection VW Vans & Caravans Ceramics, similar in style to her Retro Robot Ceramics we featured in the past.
This collection currently consists of a jug, a mug and a bowl, although other items may be added in the future. The designs start off as pen and ink drawings which are then scanned and transferred onto the ceramics. A particularly nice touch is that as well as the design on the outside, there is a van or caravan on the inside of the piece too. The bowl costs £16, mug £17 and jug £19.
Buy them online from Julia Davey’s website.
After the Keith Haring stickers we featured last month, Ikea have offered up some more designs: the Marhult decoration stickers.
The designer of these designs is unknown but the stickers show food stuffs such as ice-cream, cherries and pineapple, all depicted in a bright retro palette and a suitably Scandinavian flavour. These stickers are suitable for using on tiles so – if they're to your taste – they're perfect for brightening up a kitchen.
The stickers cost £5.99.
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The Atomic Coat Stand has clearly influenced by Eames 1950s Hang It All.
The stand has a molecular structure which gives plenty of room for storing coats. Rather than a variety of bright coloured balls, the arms in this design just have red and black balls on the end.The stand is white with a heavy marble base, so it won’t topple over.
It costs just under £130 from I Love Retro.
Like the Metro set featured last week, the Automation Bed Linen is a range of brightly coloured retro bedding from Heal’s.
This design is part of the Heal’s ReDiscovers series, being a reissue of Barbara Brown’s 1970s print. The design was inspired by machines and architecture, and Brown mathematical formulae to create the pattern – which is probably why the overall effect makes me think of Kraftwerk! Prices start at £30 for a pair of pillowcases with the duvet covers ranging from £70 for the single size up to £100 for the Superking size.
Buy online from Heal’s.
