Eero Sarrinen’s Tulip Chair is an instantly recognisable design and along with the tulip table, they are a popular choice for dining furniture. If you are like the tulip style but are looking for something smaller and cheaper, you may be interested in the Eero Saarinen Tulip Stool.
The stool has the same distinctive base as the famous chair and table and is available with a choice of seven covering colours.
It costs just under £50 and is available to order from Vertigo Interiors.
Whilst many mid-century interior fashions have made a comeback, the trend for ribbon or bead door way screens has yet to regain the popularity it enjoyed in the 1970s.
Brazilia Interiors has an updated version in its Isay Screen. Named after its designer, Isay Weinfield, the screen is made from various pieces of wood and it is rather more stylish than its Seventies counterpart. It is available by the strand and cut to various lengths so that you can have it to exactly fit your doorway needs.
Visit Brazila Interiors for a quotation.
More Star Wars stuff? Certainly is – and what must be the 10th R2-D2 tie-in this year. Saying that, we really can’t resist the R2-D2 projection alarm clock.
Stick it by our bed and the droid will project the time onto the nearest wall (ideally a plain one), with a smaller digital reader out on the body. What else you get for your money isn’t really clear – I suspect an alarm, but there’s also mention of ‘R2-D2 sounds’, music and worryingly ‘scent’.
Saying that, it’s not going to cost much to find out what you get – it goes on sale from September for just £19.99.
A space age chair suitably named after a futuristic city – the Zanotta Brasilia lounge chair.
The looks are pure 1970s (think Space 1999 or UFO), but the design is actually fairly modern, the work of Ross Lovegrove in 2003. It’s moulded in hard polyurethane and finished with embossed scratch-resistant paint, the choice of which is up to you (although white and orange keep that retro vibe strong).
The only downside if this award-winning chair is the price tag of £1,773 – and that doesn’t include the footstool.
Find out more at the Nest website
We’ve seen VW Beetle variations before, but now you can get your hands on a Mini Clubman Vinyl Killer.
Officially licensed by BMW, the Vinyl Killer allows you to play your records without the need for a record deck – the needle in the car coasting along the grooves, knocking out the music via the built-in speaker and amplifier.
The name ‘Vinyl Killer’ is no accident – I wouldn’t use this for on your super rare LPs, but for novelty playback of your charity shop finds, it should do just fine. 33rpm only, it retails for £55.
Find out more at the Paul Smith website
Film buffs will recognise the sofas above from the cult sci-fi thriller Logan’s Run, while design fans will know them as the ultra-rare De Sede DS-1025 modular sofas. And they’re up for grabs on eBay.
Designed by Ubald Klug in 1973, the space age De Sede DS-1025 made a fitting appearance soon after in Logan’s apartment in Logan’s Run, as well as in various high-end designer shops of the era. Both sit together to create a ‘terrace-like’ design for your living room. And these particular examples (in cigar brown leather) are described as being in ‘fantastic’ condition – the lived-in look of the leather only adding to the overall appearance.
You’ll need some serious space in your home to use them, not to mention some serious cash to buy them. They’re on a ‘Buy It Now’ for £6,650, with a ‘Best Offer’ should you wish to chance your arm.
Full product details at the eBay website
And thanks to Andrew for the tip off!
