Categories / Watches

Furni x Raised By Wolves limited edition 80s-style digital watch

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Regular readers might recall the limited edition Furni x Cool Hunting watch from last year, matching up cool retro style with a ridiculously low price point. Well, Furni is back again, this time with the Furni x Raised By Wolves limited edition 80s-style digital watch.

Equally as stylish, this collaboration with Canadian label RbW (Raised By Wolves) has produced a water-resistant digital timepiece in black, red or cyan, offering up functionality like an hourly chime, 12/24-hour display and a dual time mode, not to mention a phone book, stopwatch, countdown and multiple alarms.

There’s also a custom engraving and if you go for the combo set (red and cyan watches), you also get a 3D book thrown in absolutely free. But here’s the best part – it retails for a ridiculously cheap $28, with the combo set coming in at $58. Shipping is worldwide too – for the equivalent of just £2.50 for up to two watches.

Find out more at the Furni website

Categories / Food and Drink

Marimekko Keisarinkruunu Mug

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Moving away from the beloved Unikko print, here is another Marimekko product. The Keisarinkruunu Mug features another print by Isola, dating back to 1966.

The yellow, grey, black and white pattern doesn’t immediately suggest the Sixties and reminded me of the designs by Peter Saville for Factory Records, which isn’t a bad thing at all.

The mug is available to buy online from Saga Living for $10 (around £6).

Categories / Homeware

Surrealist Duck Feet Lamp

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The Duck Feet Lamp isn’t strictly a retro product but it is a design that has been inspired by the Surrealists and that Dali himself would surely have loved.

The lamp’s base is in the shape of duck legs and webbed feet in a decayed gold finish. It is supplied with the pictured smoke blue silk shade, but other silk shades can be requested.

It costs just over £660 from LightingWeb.

Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: 1960s Jean Prouve-designed house in L’Isle Adam, Val d’Oise, France

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If you have money to spend on a European retreat in this volatile financial climate, you might want to check out this Jean Prouve-designed house in L’Isle Adam, Val d’Oise in France.

Jean Prouve (the man behind the likes of the Cite armchair and the Compas desk) designed this space age property back in 1967, with restoration (thankfully in the same spirit as the original) undertaken in 2003, saving original features like the large picture windows, the metal structure and the roof terrace. The view remains unchanged too – sat in the middle of the Vexin nature reserve. And when you get bored of that, Paris is just 45 minutes away.

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Categories / Gadgets and Tech, Toys and Games

Space Invaders alarm clock

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This was kicking about in Japan a couple of years back and now the Space Invaders alarm clock has landed in the UK.

Offically licensed by Taito, the Space Invaders alarm clock tells you the time via its 70s-style digital face, but really comes to life when the alarm sounds – flashing up a screen of alien invaders, accompanied by a cacophony of authentic gaming sounds. Downside? Well, sadly you can’t play the game on its mini screen.

Still, a really quirky clock, available now in limited quantities for £24.95.

Find out more at the Firebox website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Matthew Hilton mid-century Cross sideboard

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A modern piece with a serious influence from the past – the Matthew Hilton Cross sideboard for Case.

This 50s-influenced sideboard is made of solid oak (with natural or stained finish), packing in three drawers and a large double-doored storage area, not to mention a spacious top for your vintage glass or audio system. Loving those angled legs too.

Available online at SCP, it retails from £1,450.

Find out more at the SCP website