The colourful creations of homewares designer extraordinaire Jonathan Adler rarely stray from a retro influence and this cheerful Gumball Jar is no exception.
Jonathan Adler's ceramics are beautiful modern design classics that you will treasure for years to come. The bright 60s-style teardrop pattern on the porcelain pot is an ideal addition to any retro home. It even comes complete with gumballs!
The Gumball Jar is $48 from the Jonathan Adler website.
Inke Heiland's Vintage Wallpaper Wildlife collection has been around for some time, but what you might not have seen before is the Dutch designer's Interiors Wall Decorations.
This series consists of cut-outs of a chair, a table, two types of pot plants and various styles of lamp, which are supplied with the paste and brush to enable you to add the graphic to your wall. They are made from vintage wallpaper, mainly from the 1970s if the predominance of green and orange florals is anything to go by, although the selection will vary as one design sells out and is replaced by another.
The table cut-out costs £50, the chair £45 and all other designs £38 from Supernice.
Back in August, we featured the Danish Teak Bedside Cabinets, which have been bestsellers for Plümo (not that we are taking all of the credit). For their Spring 2011 Collection, they have added a variation in this Large Teak Commode.
The larger model (pictured above with the popular original) has two drawers, but still has the same curved edges and splayed legs that gave the original its popular midcentury look. Although new in to Plümo, you will have to wait a while for this item to be made, but it is probably worth the wait.
Buy the Teak Commode from Plümo for £398.
From being the must-have puzzler game of the 1980s, the Rubik's Cube more of an iconic design, lending its shape and colours to all manner of modern-day items. The Rubik's Cube Mug and Rubik's Cube Coasters are the most recent.
Both are on pre-order now, with the mug following the 'Cube' shape as closely as possible, but throwing in a 'special curved lip' so it's actually easy to drink out of. The coasters also ape the cube, stacking on top of each other to create a cube when not in use.
If you want one of either, the mug is £8.99, while the coasters are £12.99. See a shot of the coaster over the page.
Admittedly, picnics and camping are probably pretty far from our minds as we see out the last days of winter, but it is good to plan ahead and this set of Folklore Enamel Tableware is ideal for stylish outdoor dining.
The collection consists of a black teapot/coffeepot, a pink and black mug and plates in a choice of pink or black. They are all decorated with a traditional folkloric pattern of flowers and birds.
The mug costs £5.95, plates £8.95 and the pot £14.95, from Colloco.
If you called your design 'Jazz', you're expecting something eye-catching and that's the case with this Jazz bed linen by Linea, available at House of Fraser.
It's certainly colourful, with its use of pink, and the lines of its pattern could well be explained by a Jazz Age influence. However, it's also reminiscent of the 1960s Lucienne Day bed linen we featured earlier in the month and the Op-Art style lines of this design could suggest a sixties influence too. Whatever era you attribute its influence to, it's an undeniably eye-catching pattern.
Prices start at £10 for a pillowcase and £35 for a single duvet cover.
Buy it online
