Categories / Art and Photography

Bryony Lloyd Desperate Housewife print

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Looking for some reasonably priced art? Take a look at the work of Bryony Lloyd, here illustrated by her Desperate Housewife print

Bryony is a London-based artist who describes her work as being inspired by the nostalgic and the mystical. This print definitely leans towards the former quality, depicting a glamorous 1960s era woman complete with leopard print swimsuit, martini glass and mid-century style side table – you can have fun speculating on her back story yourself. 

The price is very reasonable too: an A3 giclee print costs £20.

Buy it from Culturelabel

Categories / Toys and Games

Retro gaming controller calculator from Urban Outfitters

Gamer calculator

This retro gaming controller calculator is one way to make sums a whole lot more fun. Available from Urban Outfitters, it has applied the functions of a calculator to the looks and shapes of a classic gaming handset.

There are a lot more keys than on your average controller: your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division keys are found where you would normally find the directions, while instead of the usual jump and attack keys you've got such delights as the square root and percentage functions. 

Designed to help you master problems even more challenging than the average game, the calculator costs £12.

Buy it online

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Cook’s Conversion Table tea towel by Utility

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We introduced you to 1940s-inspired retro emporium Utility last year. This Cook's Conversion Table is a new addition to their charming tea towel collection.

As practical as it is stylish, the Cook's Conversion Table tea towel is invaluable to any cook braving the confusing world of weight & volume conversions. It's pretty nifty for drying your dishes too. Like all of their tea towels, it's handmade and printed in their Brighton studio on high quality cotton and is available in either plain white or striped.

The Cook's Conversion Table tea towel is £9.50 from Utility in store or by mail order. See the website for more details.

Categories / Men's Fashion, Sportswear

1970s Adidas Dragon trainers get a blue or green reissue

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Looking for a lightweight running shoe? You're in luck as there's another two reissues of the Adidas Dragon trainers, this time in a blue and a green.

Not exactly a rarity (the Dragon was last reissued a recently as January), the latest reissues of this 1970s gem are a mix of suede and mesh for the upper, with contrast stripes, heel and tongue, padded collar, mesh lining, gold branding and a substantial sole unit.

Check out the other colour option over the page. £56.99 is the price.

Find out more at the Size? website

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Categories / Design and Interiors

Linea Charlie midcentury-style armchair and stool at House of Fraser

Charlie

There really are some cracking midcentury-inspired designs on the high street right now, with this Linea Charlie armchair and stool at House of Fraser being up with the best of them.

It's a very stylish 1950s-inspired chair that's exclusive to the store, offering a high back design (with buttoned detail), angled contrast legs and curved arms. There's even a matching stool, for when you want to kick back.

Various colours available (although the green is the most stylish to these eyes), with the chair priced at £299 right now, the stool at £99.

Find out more at the House of Fraser website

Categories / eBay watch

eBay watch: A pair of 1970s Guzzini Sirio space age table lamps

Sirio

Not just one lamp, this auction is for a pair of Guzzini Sirio space age table lamps.

Designed back to the 1970s (as you might have guessed) and the work of design duo Lampa and Brazoli for Guzzini, each lamp is comprised of two half-spheres, spaced slightly apart and held together by chrome 'bolts'. They even fix to the wall, with the auction including original clamps for that, said to be 'rare'.

Condition is 'good', with no cracks in the lucite and just minor traces of use. Right now, the price for the two is just 62 pence.

Find out more at the eBay website