We've featured a Kaiser Idell table lamp before, but here's another imposing piece of twentieth century design, the 6556-super floor lamp.
Like the table lamp, it was designed by Christian Dell, an industrial designer at the Bauhaus and first produced back in the 1930s. It also shares that lamp's classic modernist good looks and is made from steel and brass. Take your pick from a black or white version.
The lamp costs £614.
Buy it from The Conran Shop
Also known as the Minerva after the company that made them, the Phono Boy 7-inch portable record player by Dario and Mario Bellini actually made its name when Grundig started selling them. But this is one of the original Italian models.
A very hip vintage item from 1968 and a useful one too. Slip in a 45 and you get to play singles, which is useful at record fairs, charity shops, car boots and the like.
According to the seller, it is n 'excellent vintage' condition, with one or two very small marks. Battery-powered, so no worries about changing the electrics. £30.53 is the price right now.
New in at Dwell is the Mixed Messages Mug.
The mug comes with 150 numbers and characters so you can create your own personalised message. The end result looks rather like a ransom note, which always brings to mind a punk aesthetic. It looks as if it would hold quite a lot of tea too, which is always a good thing in our book.
The mug costs £16.95 from the Dwell website.
You would be forgiven for thinking the print on this V&A and Liberty Art Tray comes from the middle of the last century. In fact, it dates from much further back than that – 1797 to be precise.
The V&A Shop and Liberty Art Fabrics have collaborated on a limited edition collection o f18 printed cottons, featuring designs from quilts in the V&A’s collection. The fabric designs have now been put onto a range of different shaped and sized trays.
The trays cost between £18 and £35 from the V&A Shop.
We are loving the retro curves of the Jonah sofa and armchair by James Harrison at Made.com.
As ever, it's a limited deal at Made, so you'll need to get in quick to get this heavily discounted. If you do go for it, take your pick from an armchair, two-seater sofa or three-seater sofa, all with those angles legs, curved arms, sloped back and single seat cushion. There's also a choice of grey or red for the linen mix fabric covering.
Full prices are up to £1,699. but if you order in the next three or so days, the three-seater is £599, the two-seater £499 and the armchairs are £375.
A 1970s classic is back on the market in two colours of suede – the Adidas Spezial trainers.
Originally created for that niche sport of handball back in 1979, it was soon picked up for the terraces and has been a pretty popular choice ever since. This reissue has a suede upper, matched with a perforated gum sole for extra cushioning, finished off with gold branding and 'oval' laces.
Take your pick from the navy and Argentina blue above or a blue and white pictured over the page. Both retail for £55.
Find out more at the End Clothing website
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