Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

Bobo Kids – midcentury-inspired furniture for children

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When it comes to design, you can never start them too young. And with Bobo Kids around, you can give your offspring some retro style from more or less day one.

It offers vintage-style furniture inspired by the 40s and 50s, including a cot on wheels, changing table, wardrobes, dressers, bookcases, side tables, even a bed, as you can see above. There's also an image of one of the desks and a side table over the page.

Every item is hand-painted and is made to order, with prices obviously varying depending on your choice of item. But to give you a rough guide, the bed retails for £795, the side/night table £295 and the desk is yours for £795.

Find out more at the Bobo Kids website

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Categories / Design and Interiors

50s-style lounge chair by & then design

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Looking for some alternative mid-century seating, away from some of the most famous designs of the period? Try this lounge chair from & then design. Like the company's Leigh cabinet, it's an up-to-date take on mid-century style, in this case specifically inspired by Scandinavian design of the 1950s.

The influences are clear but there's enough unique touches here – such as the brightly coloured upholstered seat and the sharp lines of its arms – to make the chair an attractive and distinctive design in its own right. 

The chair costs £830. 

Buy it from My Deco

Categories / Art and Photography, Travel

Dreamline cruise canvas by Marten Rijnen

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If all the chaos caused by an erupting Icelandic volcano makes you long for a more glamorous age of travel, you may be interested in this Dreamline cruise canvas by Marten Rijnen

It's a completely contemporary design but obviously harks back to travel posters of the 1920s and 30s. The striking design is printed onto canvas measuring 60cm wide by 80cm high. For those less bothered about recent flight disruption, there's also a twin design featuring a plane. 

It's sold by Made.com: we featured their Spoon coffee table last week. Like with the table, to get their low prices you have to wait for the product to be made after ordering – in this case a wait of 10 to 15 weeks. 

The canvas costs £39. 

Order it online

Categories / Design and Interiors

Yamagiwa’s Noguchi-style L’uovo Japanese floor light

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Not a million miles away from the classic 1950s Isamu Noguchi table lights (or Ikea's Noguchi-inspired variation), the Yamagiwa L'uovo floor light offers much the same in terms of construction, but offers it up in an egg-shaped package.

Indeed, L'uovo actually does mean egg in Italian and this is a very large egg – around 90cm in height, with that shell made of a Japanese paper that gives off soft and ambient light for your living space via a single bulb inside. Don't worry, we're sure it's been tested thoroughly for fire safety.

Available online, the Yamagiwa L'uovo floor light retails for £533.

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Categories / Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Adidas Spezial trainers get summer reissue

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Another classic trainer returns for a summer makeover – the Adidas Spezial.

As regular readers (and collectors) will know, the Spezial was originally a handball shoe from the 1970s, but has had a far longer life as a casual wear classic over the last 30+ years. This new issue is in two limited edition colours, with the suede upper, gum sole with perforations for extra comfort and gold 'Spezial' detailing.

Get a pair while you can, £55 is the price. See the other colourway over the page.

Find out more at the End Clothing website

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Categories / Women's Fashion

Stripe Vest Dress by Miss Selfridge

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Thanks to a return of nautical influence on the high street, horizontal stripes are in abundance in current womenswear. While they may not be the easiest print to wear for some, they are often a fast and easy way to a retro look in your wardrobe, just as with this Stripe Vest Dress from Miss Selfridge.

The black and white stripes eschew a stereotypical nautical colour choice of navy, while the red oversized bow ties in with the theme without looking clichéd. With a figure-hugging cut this dress draws on a fifties wiggle shape, giving it an extra retro dimension with an eighties-look ruffled hemline.

Get it online from Miss Selfridge now for £22.

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