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1920s textile design tea towels from the Courtauld Gallery

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Twenties tea towel

This Courtauld Gallery tea towel, based on a 1920s textile design, is possibly too beautiful to use on your dishes.

It's based on a textile design from the 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs – the World's Fair that gave us the term 'Art Deco' – and reflects some of the dynamism you'd associate with that movement.The Courtauld have also produced a Tropical Birds design tea towel dating from the same period which is equally striking. 

Something of a bargain too at £5. Frame them and get some instant art for your walls. 

Buy them from Culturelabel

Categories / Homeware, Kids

London Transport Wartime Signs Products

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To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz in England, London Transport museum currently has an exhibition called “Under Attack” which looks at the role played by public transport. To accompany the exhibition , the museum’s shop has a range of related products based on the London Transport wartime signs and posters.

These signs and posters focused on advising staff and passengers on emergency rules and regulations with warnings such as “Drinking Water Only. Not to be Used for Washing” and “Sheltering on this Stairway is Prohibited”, which are reproduced here on mugs, t-shirts and travelcard holders. Other warnings relating to gas and toilet paper are also printed onto baby clothes, which you may or may not find amusing, depending on your sense of humour.

Prices start at £4.95 for the travelcard holders and go up to £14.99 for t-shirts. View the whole range on the London Transport Museum Shop website.

Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Joe Colombo’s Optic Clock

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Following on from the Alessi Cronotime Clock mentioned earlier in the week, here is another affordable clock from Alessi, Joe Colombo’s Optic Clock.

This clock was originally designed in 1970and was in production until 2004, returning now after that short break. It is made from ABS plastic and is available in a choice of black or white. Measuring 8cm in all dimensions, it is a neat size for a bedside alarm clock.

It is available to buy from Utility Design priced £38.

Categories / Homeware

Canna pendant by Litecraft

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Orange and white pendant

Looking for some more unusual options for your lighting on the high street? Take a look at the Canna pendant by Litecraft. 

We've shown you another light by Litecraft before – their Cyber wall lamp, a space age style affair. This pendant looks as if its been inspired by the same era, its orange and white colour scheme and split sphere shape adding to its futuristic style. 

And that high street price? The pendant costs £17.82. 

Buy one from Debenhams

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Smorgasbord tray by Barbro Tryberg Boberg and Maria Holmer Dahlgren

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Smorgasboard

Add a touch of Scandinavian retro style to your kitchen with this smorgasbord tray designed by Maria Holmer Dahlgren and Barbra Tryberg Boberg.

Neither designer is a stranger to this site: Maria Holmer Dahlgren, whose London trays and tea towels are well known, and Barbra Tryberg Boberg who was featured recently for her Formverket Formica kitchenware. 

The design has a strong 1950s look with its skeletal depiction of plants and vegetables that have been illustrated in black and picked out in a second colour. It has the same feel as Marianne Westman's recently reissued 1956 Picknick design (you can now get that tray in the UK from New House Textiles for £15.50). Made from Swedish birch veneer, this tray design should hopefully have the same longevity.  

The tray costs £15.95. 

Buy it from Hus and Hem

Categories / Homeware

Vintage Vamp Cushions

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These Vintage Vamp Cushions are inspired by glamorous ladies from the 1950s and are part of a range of textiles by Samantha Stas, who lists her influences as “the post-war 'make do and mend' philosophy, old children's book illustrations and all things nostalgic”.

The cushions are made from vintage fabric remnants, felt and reclaimed buttons, so each one is unique. You can, however, specific whether you would like your vamp to be a blonde, brunette, red-head or black-haired vamp.

The square cushions measure 16cm and cost £37 from Not on the High Street.