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Retro Cassette Table by RJ Wood Projects

Retro Cassette Table by RJ Wood Projects

Affordable retro classic: 1960s Tam Tam Pop Stool

Affordable retro classic: 1960s Tam Tam Pop Stool

Five of the best retro sports holdalls

Five of the best retro sports holdalls

Categories / Art and Photography, Music

Sir Peter Blake and Brian Wilson’s Lucky Old Sun Box Set

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A giant of pop art meets a genius of pop music – and together Sir Peter Blake and Brian Wilson have produced the Lucky Old Sun Box Set.

Strictly limited to 1,000 copies worldwide, this really will be a future collectable – a set of 12 collage screenprints by Sir Peter Blake, intended as a look at life through Brian's eyes at California, even taking the name of Brian's latest album. if that's not enough, the set also packs in  a cloth bound book signed by Peter Blake and Brian Wilson, three pages of reproduced sheet music and lyrics for the new track ‘Midnight’s Another Day’, a laminated VIP pass and a CD of the album.

Obviously this doesn't come cheap – £900 (+vat) will secure you one. But be warned, once a fraction of the stock has sold, the price will rise to £1,250 (+vat). So if you want one, get one now.

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Via Switched On Art

Categories / Food and Drink

Sagaform juicy glasses

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These Sagaform juicy glasses are an easy and attractive way of introducing a shot of retro pattern into your home. They are designed by Lotta Odelius and use the combination of a stylised version of fruit slices and different eye-catching colour combinations to produce a look as mouth watering as their name suggests. 

They are sold as a set of four for £16.90.

Buy them online
Categories / Bags

Summer holiday 1989 tote bag by Hanna Melin

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For a new tote that's steeped in nostalgia look no further than Hanna Melin's summer 1989 bag. It's covered with all sorts of drawings that capture her memories of that year when, judging from her biography, she was just eleven. 

Although 1989 seems relatively recent in my head, once you start looking at some of the clunky old technologies illustrated – the phones, typewriter and headphones – you realise just how much has changed in the world since then. Hanna's 'Play a Song for Me' bag was covered in cassette tapes and that motif is also picked up here with the wooden badge that comes with each bag. 

The bag costs £12 from the Hidden Art Shop

Categories / Architecture, Homeware

Architecturally inspired textile designs from Fokus Fabrik

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Fokus Fabrik are a Finnish design group who draw some of their inspiration from the urban landscape. The results are some striking fabric designs that reference architectural delights such as the tower blocks and cranes shown on the Fussio and Katve cushions shown here. The hard graphic lines of the buildings and machinery contrast with the soft fabrics used to make the cushions. 

Though their imagery is industrial, Fokus Fabrik's outlook is ecological and they think carefully about the processes used to manufacture their textiles – these cushions being made from an organic cotton and hemp mix. Each cushion costs 64 euros, but both designs are also available as the fabric alone.  

See the designs at the Finnish Design Shop

Categories / Art and Photography

Chairs print by Kerry Lemon

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Kerry Lemon's Chair print shows an oh-too-common situation for chair aficionados. The illustration is based around an afternoon she spent lusting after chairs in Heals. It shows the various designs she's rejected and the eventual focus of her desire, the chair with the distinct Orla Kiely pattern shown in the top left. 

It's a limited edition print, that's been hand drawn and digitally coloured and still retains the charm of the original hand. Each print costs $158, you'll just need a beautiful house to put it in. 

Buy it from her Etsy store
Categories / Women's Fashion

Butterfly Print Dress by Coutique

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With the summer weather up to its usual tricks, a dress that will wear all year round is a perfect purchase. This Butterfly Print Dress by Coutique at New Look is not only an all weather choice, but it has cute retro style in spades.

With a high waisted skirt and simplistic vest top in one, the retro inspired butterfly print in muted multicolour sets off a vintage look silhouette well. The three covered buttons at the neckline are a cute detail that gives some early sixties flair.

Get it from New Look now for £30.

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