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10 of the best 1970s-style watches

10 of the best 1970s-style watches

Five of the best vintage Adidas trainers reissues

Five of the best vintage Adidas trainers reissues

Vintage and 1960s t-shirt designs by Mr B’s Soulful Tees

Vintage and 1960s t-shirt designs by Mr B’s Soulful Tees

Categories / Design and Interiors

The Midcentury Show heads to Bristol

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We've featured the Midcentury Show in the past, but for the first time the show is heading to Bristol – specifically on Sunday October 11th 2009.

The venue is Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EH, taking place from 10am until 4pm with admission £5 (children under 14 free). For that money, you can check out and buy furniture and collectables from the middle of the last century from the likes of Eames, Nelson, Jacobsen and Aalto, with dealers on display including The Modern Warehouse, Omnipod, Kirk Modern, Fragile Design, Pure Imagination, metroretro, Orange and Brown, Twentieth Century Interiors, De Vreugde Design, Fragile, 20th Century Collectables, Pink-Flamingos, 20th Century Collectables, Homescape, Mark Parrish, Emma loves Retro, Inretrospect, Designs of Modernity and many more.

Check out the website for more details.

Midcentury Show website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Cassette tape lamps from ooomydesign

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Though the cassette tape format is all but dead as a musical format, it continues to inspire innovative design ideas, including these cassette tape lamps from ooomydesign. The work of Vanessa Moreno, they are made by typing the cassettes together, using plastic zip ties and she suggests that it's simple enough to replace some of the tapes with your own favourites. As the image shows, when the light is switched on the plastic of the casing produces a great effect. 

The lamps are produced in various forms which vary in cost from 35 euros for a small lamp, up to 140 euros for the floor lamp.

See them online

Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

Rietveld Junior Crate chair

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Any design classic worth its salt now seems to be available in a kids version too. Earlier this summer we featured the Knoll range and there's also the Charles and Ray Eames selection. The junior crate chair reproduces the chair Gerrit Rietveld made from reused crate wood packaging in 1934, but at 2/3 of its normal size. These chairs do have slightly more of a pedigree than some of the designs on the market as, in his lifetime, Rietveld did build a pair for his own daughter. 

The twenty-first century version comes as a flat pack in a variety of colourful finishes as well as the natural version shown here. If you think your kids aesthetic sensibilities are worth this kind of investment, the chair costs 189 euros. 

Buy it online

Categories / Art and Photography, Cars and Bikes

“All the cars I ever owned” Print

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“All the cars I ever owned” is a new venture from the designers at People will always need plates. Moving away from architecture, for this piece they have turned their attention to automobiles.

The bespoke giclee prints are based on a list of every car you’ve owned, with an illustration of the make and in the order you owned them. Obviously, this print works best if you have driven an eclectic range of retro and classic cars, but if your real history is not so interesting, you could always have the print made using a list of your favourite vintage cars.

The print is made to order, so the price is available on application. Contact People will always need plates via their website for more information.

Categories / Gadgets and Tech

Tivoli Audio Model One Radio

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Tivoli Audio has produced some great wooden audio equipment, and we have featured some of its more advanced (and expensive) products here in the past, but if you just want an old-fashioned radio, then the Model One offers unbeatable style.

Housed in a walnut cabinet, this is a traditional FM/AM radio, but it is still compatible with ipods and other players, which can be plugged into the system.

It is available to buy from the Scandinavian Design Center, priced just over 186 Euros.

Categories / Retro Women's Fashion

Bambina Babydoll Set from Heartbreaker Fashion

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Heartbreaker Fashion have impressed in the past with their 50s and 60s dresses and fashion pieces, and their forays into lingerie and sleepwear with Heartbreaker Intimates are well worth a look too. This Bambina Set is new in and has and chic and classic retro look.

The Set includes a babydoll nightdress and matching briefs, both made from a comfy cotton knit. Also new in is the matching Kimono robe, completing a full set with demure but sexy fifties style for the evening.

Get them online now from Heartbreaker Fashion at $44 for the Babydoll and briefs, and $44 for the robe.

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