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Heal’s Rules Homeware Collection

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New in at Heal’s is the Heal’s Rules range of home accessories designed by Jeremy Hutchinson.

Inspired by the slogan “Nothing Need Be Ugly” as developed by Ambrose Heal in 1915 for the Design & Industries Association, the collection extends the idea that every home is governed by little rules of etiquette. The range includes ceramics, placemats, cushions, postcards and prints, with related slogans, for example the placemats instruct “Elbows Off the Table” and a teacup and saucer proclaims 'Never Lift the Little Finger'.

Prices range from £4.50 for a breakfast bowl up to £72 for the prints. View the current collection online at Heal’s.

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Copenhagen tea towel by Ferm Living

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Michelle Mason has celebrated London, Maria Dahlgren has illustrated Stockholm. Now Ferm Living celebrates their home city with this Copenhagen tea towel. 

The Danish company's towel reproduces some of the city's landmarks, such as the Little Mermaid statue. Like the designers mentioned above, this is a very stylized 50s/60s-style design which is enhanced by the soft colour scheme. These same colours run through all of Ferm Living's new collection meaning there's plenty of retro gems to look out for. 

Printed on 100% cotton, the tea towel costs $19. 

Buy it from 2Modern

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Retro Seed Packet Collection

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As Britain continues to feel the pinch, the trend for growing your own food shows no sign of abating. The Retro Seed Packet Collection allows you to sort and save you seeds in style.

There are five different designs in the set, including a nice variation on the ubiquitous "Keep Calm and Carry On" and a ration book facsimile.The reverse of each packet has a handy printed metric and imperial rule to help with your seed planting as well as areas to record the seed content. Perfect for getting organised ahead of the sowing season – bring on those green shoots of recovery!

The packets cost £4.50 for a pack of 10 (2 of each design) and you can buy them from The Allotment Shop.

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Vintage Leather Gramophone Chair

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John Lewis is currently selling a selection of leather chairs, including this Vintage Leather Gramophone Chair.

The chair is a variation on the popular club chair, with a gently concave back, giving it a distinctive shape from which it takes its name. But perhaps its most attractive feature is that it has been upholstered in vintage leather, so that it comes with that desirable lived-in look of a vintage find.

The gramophone chair costs £999 from John Lewis.

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Lucienne Day bed linen by Heals

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SheetsBig, bold 60s style patterns are everywhere in clothing and home wares this Spring Summer.

The Lucienne Day bed linen is based on the British textile designer's Sunrise pattern, which was originally designed for Heals in 1969. Over the 20 years she designed for Heals, Day produced over 70 different patterns and, with her prints hanging in every contemporary home across Britain, pioneering the idea of fabric as ‘art for the people’. The modernist geometric Sunrise pattern is a great way to introduce authentic 60s design to your bedroom. 

The bedding is 100% cotton and available in sizes single to super king with pillowcases sold separately. The range is available exclusively from Heals and starts from £30. See website for more details.

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Wim Crouwel-inspired Wallpaper

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Whether the name Wim Crouwel means anything to you, will depend on how much you know about graphic design and specifically typography. Dutch designer Crouwel is best known for designing radical fonts such as the The New Alphabet which he created in 1967. The Design Museum will be celebrating his long career with an exhibition later this year. Whilst the exhibition itself will undoubtedly be interesting, what has particularly sparked our interest is the limited edition Wim Crouwel Wallpaper that will accompany it.

The Design Museum has partnered with Cole & Son to release a wallpaper inspired by his work. The design incorporates a letter C for Crouwel in a geometric and abstract form to pay tribute to his style. Available in a choice of grey or aqua, the wallpaper costs £175 per roll.

The wallpaper will be on sale to coincide with the exhibition (30 March to 3 July) and will only be available to buy from the Design Museum Shop.