Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Hara Chair by Giorgio Gurioli for Kundalini

KuharaThe Hara Chair by Giorgio Gurioli for Kundalini is another one of those products that looks as if it has come from the Sixties but is in fact a much more recent creation.

Designed in 2002, it is described as “a bio-energetic seat handmade in lacquered fibreglass”. It has also been treated for outdoor use to protect against ultra violet rays and be resistant to temperature changes. But all that aside, it looks pretty good and was included in GQ magazine’s list of 100 Best Things in the World!

Not a cheap chair by anyone’s standards, Nest are currently selling it at a 10% reduction, bringing the price down to just under £950.

Categories / Homeware

Mr T. Pott Tea Towel

Tpott_popWe’ve featured umpteen tea towels here and will continue to do so long as companies keep producing interesting designs for dish drying. Our latest find comes from the V&A Shop, the Mr T. Pott Tea Towel.

Designed by E McKnight Kauffer, one of the most influential poster designers of the early twentieth century, it features a picture of Gracie Fields drinking a cup of tea. It was originally designed back in 1936 and has lost none of its impact with its bold yellow and blue background.

It is available from February exclusively from the V&A Shop and can be pre-ordered now for £5.

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Termotex Cocktail Snack Dispensers

Other4fClassic Modern specialise in selling genuine original pieces from the 50s, 60s and 70s, which frequently includes items that are hard to find elsewhere. Their current stock includes several Termotex Cocktail Snack Dispensers.

It probably won’t come as any surprise to learn that these date back to the 1970s, when the dinner party was at its most popular. They can be used to dispense straws, twiglets, breadsticks or mints.

Classic Modern has them in beige, brown or black, priced £12 each, as well as a number complete with their original packaging for £20. Their website also reproduces some of the packaging photographs of the dispensers in use back in Seventies, where are worth looking at for a reminder of what stylish affairs dinner parties were back then.

Categories / Art and Photography, Homeware

Vintage Mini Glo-Canvas

RedoffDuffy London sell a range of canvases called Mini Glo. Probably the best in the range is the Vintage Shade Mini Glo-Canvas which features a print of a vintage lamp shade against a red wallpaper background.

Flick a switch and a light bulb hidden behind the canvas lights up, giving the illusion that the picture is a real working lamp. Clever, isn’t it?

It costs £55 and can be ordered from the Duffy London website.

Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Verner Panton Spiral Pendant

Bpopupverpanspiralsp1Space age lighting designs, particularly minimalist white pendant shades, originating in the Sixties continue to be popular and you might be forgiven for thinking that those were the only styles being designed back then. But Verner Panton, as innovative as ever, also designed some more elaborate lights including the Spiral Pendant.

Eschewing the minimalist approach, the Spiral is a lighting solution for those who like things a bit more decorative, even decadent. Made of a multitude of plastic spirals, it is constantly in motion, catching the light from different angles.

It is available from Panik Design in silver, white or gold and in a single, double or triple formation. Prices start at £649 for a single pendant in silver and go up to £3,499 for the triple model in gold.

View the full range at Panik Design.

Categories / Homeware

Waring Original 1930s blender

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Looking for a food appliance with a heritage? That’s what you get with the Waring Original blender, which has been around since 1935.

Obviously the technical side has changed since then, but the looks are still very much from that era. It features a heavy duty commercial grade motor and a solid metal base, a heat-resistant 1.25 litre graduated jug (metric and imperial), one-piece stainless steel blade and a five-year warranty.

If you want one, it retails for £169.

Find out more at the Richmond Cookshop website