Categories / Watches

Vestal Datamat 80s-style calculator watch

Vestal

It's a modern timepiece, but slap the Vestal Datamat calculator watch on your wrist and it will look every bit like a relic from the 1980s.

Retro colours schemes and some nice retro detailing – even the font used is reminiscent of the A Team! Outside of that you'll find an LCD display with 16-button keypad for doing your maths basics, all houses on a polyurethane band.

Watchismo is selling them in three colour options, yours for $59, which is around £35.

Find out more at the Watchismo website

Categories / Homeware

Kathleen Hills Blue Rose ceramics

Kathleen Hills blue rose

Kathleen Hills' designs have been featured many times before on this site. Her new range of Blue Rose ceramics has a distinct vintage feel, created by the beautiful floral pattern. However, the unexpected arrangement of the flowers, such as how they are placed around the handle of the milk jug, combined with the clean shapes keep the set looking fresh. 

The range also features cups, saucers and mugs. The jug pictured costs £24 while the sugar bowl costs £18. 

Buy them from Roost Living
Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Focus de Luxe cutlery

Focus de luxe

This attractive Focus de Luxe cutlery set dates from 1955 and has been reintroduced by Gense for the twenty-first century. Its distinctive looks are the work of Folke Arström and they were judged to be stylish enough for the New York Times to describe it as one of the 100 best designed products in modern times.

The knife, fork and spoon are made from stainless steel and plastic and a set of 12 pieces costs 109 euros.  

Buy them from the Finnish Design Shop
Categories / Men's Fashion

Dr Martens suede monkey boots

Monkey

Interesting 'new' shoe from Dr Martens – these suede monkey boots.

As you might have worked out, this is an update to the classic late 60s monkey boots that the 'Doc' once knocked out, this time with a more premium suede finish and contrast detailing, along with (of course) an air-cushioned sole.

Various colour options available, all selling for £80 a pair.

Find out more at the Hip website

Via Modculture

Categories / Homeware

Retro Circle Wallpaper

WallPaperTurqSilver

Currently in the sale at Oliver Bonas is this Retro Circle Wallpaper.

It features a typically Sixties design in turquoise and silver. As with many of these retro wallpapers, it is best used in moderation, making it ideal for a feature wall.

A roll measuring 1005cm x 52cm currently costs £44 from Oliver Bonas.

Categories / Toys and Games

Wooden London Bus

London_bus_1

I won’t go so far as to claim that this Wooden London Bus is based on the Routemaster, but it is certainly based on an old-fashioned style of bus.

The toy vehicle has a roof that slides off to reveal wooden figures of 22 passengers, a driver and a conductor (who you don’t see on modern buses).

It costs just under £50 from Horsfall and Wright. For children who are already wary of public transport, there is also a traditional black cab toy in a similar style for around £28.