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Go Cat Go wallpaper from Lewis and Wood

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Following on from the jazz musician cushions featured earlier this week, here's something else for fans of old fashioned jazz: this Go Cat Go wallpaper from Lewis and Wood. The paper has white silhouettes, outlined with simple black lines, showing musicians playing on drums and the doubles shown reclining in comfy chair with a pipe. 

It's available in various colours, each with a suitably decadent name. The colour shown is called absinthe but it also comes in pernod, gitanes and vie en rose. 

The paper costs £45.02 per roll from the Fabrics and Papers website

Categories / Books, Design and Interiors

Phaidon Design Classics “Mass Production”

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Part of the Phaidon Design Classics series is “Mass Production”, which should be a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in product design.

The book celebrates the 333 classic designs that became available due to the advent of mass production and manufacturers increasing awareness of the concept of “good design for all”. It includes iconic furniture by designers such as Eames, Jacobsen and Aalo, but also items such as the Frisbee, Lego bricks and pens, which have hardly changed through time.

Comprising of 1100 pages of illustrations, anecdotes and expert opinions, this book is a great introduction to the subject of product design. Amazon is selling it for £18.99 in hardcover.

Categories / Design and Interiors

Vitra Classic Trays with original Eames, Nelson and Girard designs

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The Vitra Design Museum has launched a series of Classic Trays, featuring the designs of Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and Alexander Girard.

The trays are constructed using high quality thermoset and sized around 46cm x 35.5cm, so not too big, but very eye-catching all the same. Inevitably that's down to the designs, which are Eden by Alexander Girard (above) from 1966, the '61 Mother and Child design by Girard (see that over the page), George Nelson's 1950 China Shop, Miller Stripe by Girard from 1973, Sea Things, which is a 1945 Charles and Ray Eames design and finally The Family, another Eames piece from 1944.

All are available to pre-order now for a September delivery, priced at £43.50. Yes, an Eames original for under £50!

Find out more at the Utility Design website

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Categories / Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Adidas Stan Smith 80 x Maharishi trainers

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Another Adidas classic gets a designer makeover – resulting in the Adidas Stan Smith 80 x Maharishi trainers.

As you would expect, the Stan Smith shape and key detailing (like the perforated stripes) have been left intact, with London based label Maharishi just adding their own 'look', specifically a heavy gauge blue chambray upper that references 'naval uniforms from WWII'. There's also contrast stitching and some Maharishi logos alongside the Adidas.

Likely to be a limited edition, they sell for £79.

Find out more at the Oki-Ni website

Categories / Men's Fashion

APC classic trench coat

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APC has added its own twist to a timeless classic – the trench coat.

Not the cheapest trench on the market, but certainly one of the more stylish, the APC trench coat is in navy, with  two button down storm flaps, belt, cuff and epaulette detailing, a Teflon coating and tartan lining.

All of that will cost you £325. If that's a little rich for you, check out Uniqlo, which currently has similar-styled trench coats for a fraction of the price – just £69.99.

Find out more at the End Clothing website

Categories / Bags, Women's Fashion

Pollyana Shoulder Bag by Lulu Guinness

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Lulu Guinness has a great eye for accessories and always applies just the right amount of kitsch. This Pollyana Shoulder Bag has a fifties pin-up vibe as its inspiration, but remains subtle and versatile enough to wear with everything.

This red patent leather provides that 50s kitschy sex appeal along with the bubbly shape. The contrasting black clip frame adds some old fashioned magic too. It's also lined with a striking printed fabric.

It's available online from My Wardrobe for £275.

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