Well, Wimbledon is almost upon us – and if this was the mid 1970s, your average tennis pro would be walking out on court with something like this Dunlop Gym Bag.
These days, that Green Flash design is less about tennis and more of an all-rounder – for the gym or just for a weekend away. It has a large central storage area, lower pocket, contrasting pipe trim and double handles.
Not that expensive either – £30.
Throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s hairstyling and hats became the central piece of many fashion statements, from burlesque style fascinators to wool emis.
Chapeau Claudette‘s designs are an ode to the decades when headgear was key, and their new pieces now added to ASOS online don’t disappoint. This pink straw beret is a well made departure from the overworn traditional style, and is a great retro style statement.
Prices start at £15 for floral clips and go up to £35 for the hat pictured. They’re available online in the UK from ASOS, with some designs exclusive to the shop.
Onitsuka Tiger has teamed up with Japanese lifestyle brand Tokidoki for a limited-edition collection of trainers – available from the London Onitsuka Tiger Store from this week.
The trainers are typically Onitsuka Tiger, with retro styling rooted firmly in the 1960s. The design is anything but – the work of Simone Legno and very much in the tradition of modern-day Japanese pop culture. The shoes will be covered almost entirely in exclusive Tokidoki artwork including the lining and soles, which will be protected by a clear outsole. And for Tokidoki collectors, there’s an exclusive embroidered tiger character that will only available on this footwear, as well as a co-ordinating plush toy tiger and a series of collectible characters designed by Simone Legno as part of the collaboration.
You can pick them up from the 13th June in four colourways (two unisex, two for women only), priced at £85.
We haven’t featured anything by George Nelson for a while – reason enough to highlight this George Nelson Turbine clock, originally available back in 1957 and now back in production via Vitra.
The name is obviously no coincidence, with that ‘turbine’ look a real eye-catcher in brass. There’s also an aluminium centre and some distinctly individual hands, with the clock powered by high-grade quartz workings.
Powered by a single battery, it retails for £289.
FInd out more at the Utility Design website
Best known for the iconic Moose design, Swedish designers Bengt & Lotta take inspiration for many of their designs from traditional Scandinavian folk art. That tradition can be seen in their series of Swedish Iron Side Lamps.
The lamps are more than just mere lighting solutions, as they more like sculptures. The collection takes in abstractions, animals, angels and people, but all have that unmistakable Scandinavian look.
They are available to buy online from Fjorn, priced $325 (approximately £170).
The ICA has been holding a series of talks looking the various curatorial approaches that have been taken in the institution’s history. The latest in the series is entitled "Higher State of Consciousness: The Psychedelic Event" and addresses the organisation’s reaction to the psychedelic scene.
This will be with particular reference to the 1969 performance by Soft Machine and the ICA’s “Mid Summer High” event. The talk will address the question of whether the intellectual position of the curator was undermined by drugs and flashing lights or if it allowed artistic experience to be fully realised. Stirring intellectual stuff indeed!
If you fancy a stimulating evening of debate, it takes place on Tuesday 25 June at the ICA in London. Further details can be found on the ICA website.
