Another gem from the forthcoming Dwell range, this 60s-style high gloss dining table.
Loving that cone base, round surface and of course, the high gloss black exterior, which is likely to be both eye-catching and a magent for fingerprints.
The table is able to accomodate four people, sized around 74cm high, with a diameter of 120cm. New in this week, priced at £399.
If you are looking for a quick, cheap and practical way to liven up your kitchen, Berry Red are selling these stylish utensil jars. The Berry Red website describes them as Scandinavian looking and they do remind me of Grete Prytz Kittelsen's 'lotus' pattern that she designed for Catherineholm, Norway in the 1960s. Even if you aren't completely convinced by that comparison, their simple pattern and colour will slot in easily to many different style kitchens.
They come in three sizes, perfect for all your storage needs, and range in cost from £8 for the small jar up to £15 for the large jar.
Buy them online
The Look Boutique, whose previous focus has been selling new fashion and accessory designers, has just launched an interiors collection. The collection includes decadent looking armchairs and chandeliers, but the collection from ATADesigns – including these Gherkin tiles – is probably of most interest to Retro To Go readers.
The tiles are based on a very contemporary building: Norman Foster's 30 St Mary Axe, of course otherwise known as the Gherkin. However, the geometric patterning and colour scheme means when several are placed together they have a distinct retro feel and a unique look. Each tile costs £11 but there is a minimum order of a pack of six tiles.
Buy it from The Look Boutique
The company Contraforma was just established in this decade, so its Mom Rocking Chair obviously isn’t a vintage design, but still it would sit well in a retro lounge.
Its simple design is made more appealing by its soft wool covering and the addition of a distinctive motif to the sides and backrest. The chair can be upholstered in any two of choice of 60 colours of Europost fabric, which gives a huge amount of choice to ensure it fits with your décor.
All of this great design does however come at a price – £1,370 no less. If you are undeterred by the price, visit Moleta Munro for further details.
Another (new) design from the Adidas/Vespa collaboration and for my money, one of the more eye-catching – the Adidas x Vespa retro holdall.
It's a vintage-style holdall in white, mixing both Adidas and Vespa logo detailing (one side for Adidas, one for Vespa), along with handles, detachable shoulder strap, nubs on the bottom to keep it from damage and of course, a large compartment for all your essentials for the weekend, work…whatever.
ASOS currently has them in stock, yours for £50.
Find out more at the ASOS website
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Invested in a Blu-ray player? Want to feed it something hip and cool? You're in luck – Network is about to release The Prisoner The Complete Series on Blu-ray as a six-disc limited edition box set.
The date for your diary is 28th September 2009, with the set containing all 17 episodes of Patrick McGoohan's 1967 cult classic in glorious high definition, along with a host of special features. Those include 'Don’t Knock Yourself Out' a feature-length documentary of the show told by those involved in its creation, a restored original edit of 'Arrival' with an optional music-only soundtrack featuring Wilfred Josephs’ complete and abandoned score, production Crew audio commentaries on seven episodes, trailers for all episodes, archive textless material, commercial break bumpers, behind-the-Scenes footage including much previously unseen, scripts on pdf, iamge galleries, an exclusive book on the making of the series by TV historian Andrew Pixley, 5.1 sound mixes on all episodes and much more.
The total running time is a whopping 850 minutes and the official price is £59.99 (although Amazon is already discounting to around £42 for pre-orders). Definitely one for the Christmas list.
Find out more at the Amazon website
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