The kitsch image of a 1950s housewife has perhaps been overused, but this ‘Too Many Gadgets’ Tea Towel made me smile as we’ve featured several of Talia’s retro kitchen products on this site.
It features an image from Talia’s archive and shows a housewife surrounded by her Talia labour-saving products.
The tea towel costs £10.50 from The Laundry.
Brigitte Herrod has created these limited edition Vintage ‘Bossy Woman’ Pictures exclusively for Rockett St George.
Each box frame consists of a vintage dolls with her hands on her hips and a message. Ready-made messages include Are you listening Frank!, Tea's Ready!, Put the kettle on!, Now wash your hands!, Happy Birthday! or I love you! (the latter two somewhat at odds with her stern expression). You can also opt to have a personalised message instead.
The pictures cost £59 from Rockett St George.
Sadly the auction is out of America, but the seller does offer worldwide shipping of this stunning 1950s George Nelson desk by Herman Miller.
we actually featured this desk in 2007 when it was reissued, with an asking price of a hefty £2,936. We're not sure if this is an original 1958 version or a reissue, but either way, it's an official one by Herman Miller, which is the important thing.
Solid walnut sides, a white laminate top, four hardwood dividers, chrome-finished steel-tube legs, adjustable glides and a 'grommet' for cable management are the features, with the seller claiming it is in 'excellent condition' and 'shows hardly wear'. Bidding right now is at £6.20.
Cigarette packaging has long been a rich vein of design insipration – notably in the opening credits of indie flick Thank You For Smoking and now in this Miniature Books Tin from Tank Books.
Six literary classics including Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde come in miniature form (but complete and unabridged), packaged in flip-top cartons complete with clear cellophane wrapping and silver foil. The carton designs use iconic cigarette branding to re-imagine each book's design.
Individual titles are £7.65 each or you can buy the full set, boxed in a tin, for £42.35.
Find out more at the Tank Books website.
You may be relived to never have to open a school book again but should you be harking back to your school days, you may want to invest in these retro school notebooks from Dotcomgiftshop.
Each notebook is in the style of a classic school notebook, with 30 pages in each and space to write your name, subject and class information on the front cover. They are decorated with an illustration for each subject – the atom and the rocket on the front of the science notebook certainly enhances its retro look.
They cost £3.95 for the set of three.
Buy them online
1980s-style running shoes anyone? If that's a 'yes', then you are in look, Adidas has just reissued the ZX380 trainers from that very decade.
As you'd expect, it's a lightweight mix of mesh and suede for the uppers, a mix of white, off white and turquoise for the colour scheme, the latter for the stripes and branding. There's also a bio-mechanical sole, if you fancy doing a spot of jogging, too.
Limited numbers, with a price of £55.
Find out more at the End Clothing website
