Category: Homeware

Whereas the mugs featured a letter of the alphabet on one side and an illustration of an object beginning with that letter on the reverse, the tiles feature either a letter or an image, allowing you to buy a mixture of both. For anyone not familiar with the range, the images include an anglepoise lamp, a Dalek and a teapot.

The glazed stoneware tiles cost £3.95 each from Supernice.

This Glass Cube Lamp Base reminds me of the glass designs by Geoffrey Baxter for Whitefriars in the 1960s, but it is in fact a new item.

The lamp base is made from glass in a colour described as “beer bottle” which looks to be a suitably retro yellow-brown hue. The product is simply the base, so you would have to provide your own shade to top it off.

It is available to US residents only from Urban Outfitters, priced $38.

The Cassina Kanu Chair doesn’t look the most inviting in terms of comfort, but it is certainly a stylish piece to look at.

Combining attractive curves with American black walnut finish, gives the chair a retro look which belies its recent creation in 2008 by Konstantin Grcic. It is also available in maple stained white or black.

The Cassina Kanu chair is available from Nest for £1006.