A modern design with a distinctly 60s vibe – the Legnoart retro-styled kitchen trolley.
Take your pick from a range of boldly-coloured wooden frames, all complete with two steel drawers a bamboo chopping board, bottle holder and those wheels to move it around to where you need it.
A designer piece (by Luca Trazzi) with a designer price – around £780.
Find out more at the Form House website
We’ve covered bags and homeware from Shinzi Katoh previously, but for fans of the designs, the poster range is certainly worth a look.
Essentially, these are the same retro-styled (and indeed childlike) designs, but in a much larger format – the Deep Forest image above is sized at 61 x 86cm.
All are printed on very high quality Japanese paper (so nice and thick) and all are priced around the £32 mark.
Find out more at the Shinzi Katoh website
I’m not convinced these are official pieces of merchandise, but the Vespa shoulder bags are certainly eye-catching.
Take your pick from four retro designs, all made from a synthetic leather, with a single storage area and adjustable/removable shoulder strap.
Sized at 25 x 31 x 8cm, you can pre-order now, priced at £33 each.
Find out more at the Purves website
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Pure has knocked out some stylish DAB radios in the past – and now it’s gone for some internet action with the Pure Evoke Flow.
DAB and FM radio are still included, but there’s also a sophisticated internet radio too, offering thousands of net radio shows, along with all the BBC’s Listen Again content, other on-demand radio, podcasts and ‘ambient sound’, should you wish to ease yourself to sleep with natural noise.
Other features include constant checking of stations (to cut down on the rubbish or non-existent), the ability to sync fave shows between the radio and the web, loads of presets and of course, that stylish retro exterior with touch-sensitive controls. it arrives next month, selling for £150.
Find out more at the Pure website
Via Electric Pig
We’ve featured the work of Gemma Jones here before; as found on t-shirts and Habitat prints. However, this is the first time we’ve listed original Gemma Jones paintings.
Gemma Jones (as you may already know) is a Melbourne based artist whose work usually involves retro and mod girls, taken from 1960s magazines and record covers. The original paintings currently on sale via her Etsy shop, where she goes by the pseudonym Paintergirl, are taken from her 2007 exhibition at the Distracted Gallery in Australia. Each of the five paintings features black silhouettes of women against grey and white patterned backgrounds.
Prices range from $175 to $250 (approximately £90-£130). Visit the Paintergirl Etsy shop to see the full range.
Running until 30th August as part of CND’s 50th anniversary, the Chamber of Pop Culture presents “From Fear to Sanity” at London’s Horse Hospital.
The exhibition looks at the importance of visual imagery and the distinctive graphic style used by the CND in its early years between 1958 and 1963. It includes rare and original photographs, leaflets, artwork, posters and films. The exhibition captures the mood of the fear of the nuclear bomb, but also commemorates the determination of the first protesters.
Further details and opening times can be found on the Horse Hospital website.
