The epitome of space age design – the Verner Panton Amoebe chair.
Originally produced for Verner Panton’s Visiona installation in 1970, this official reissue offers even more comfort with a flexible backrest – although even without it, you’d probably sink into this futuristic foam seat for hours.
Available in eight colours of Tonus 3 fabric (90% virgin wool, 10% helanca), you can order one online for £728.
Candles are very seasonal right now – although this Atari 2600 controller candle holder is unlikely to appear on your mum’s mantelpiece.
Shaped like the base iconic games controller from Atari’s must-have console of the early 80s, it holds your candle – which uncannily looks like the stick.
I’m not sure what this is made of – but with a price of £50, I sense ceramic rather than plastic.
At first glance, the Revo Blik looks just like the radio alarm clock you probably had by the bed in the 1980s. Inded you might still have something similar. But beneath those throwback looks is a cutting edge piece of bedside technology.
The Revo Blik offers it all – DAB radio, internet radio (around 5,000 stations), even good old FM radio. And you can wake up to any of them. Even better, you can stream your digital files (like your MP3s) from your PC or Mac to the Blik. And you can plug in your iPod and use it as a speaker and control the whole thing via a remote control.
Which makes the Blik a rather smart little item. You can pick one up from Colloco in black or white, priced at £99.95.
Just because you’re grown up doesn’t mean you can’t still do child-like things such as colouring in. And when there are cool books like Creative Interiors on the market, it should be positively encouraged,
Creative Interiors is described as a journal and colouring book for grown-ups, with a pile of mid-century designs and interiors for you to colour in, along with sketch and grid paper for you to create your own classic.
Each book contains 12 colouring book pages, 25 grid pages and 25 blank sketch pages, all spiral bound with a board cover. And it’s yours for £14.
The Little Book of Furniture has introduced the Sit range of sofas and armchairs, all inspired by the curves and lines of the art deco era – typified by the Havana armchair and sofas.
Built on a strong hardwood frame with wide chunky arms, they’re ideal for kicking back after a hard day at work. Various sizes are available, from the chair featured here through to a three sizes of sofa, all available in either quirky animal print, suede, linen and high-quality leather.
And with so many different sizes and coverings, prices vary widely too, starting at £595 for a chair, moving to £1225 for a large sofa in leather.
The perfect gift for the driving obsessive in your life – the Bollard Light.
Just think – you can position the Bollard Lights around the home, indicating which way visitors should walk through each room. Or you can simply use it as novelty lighting.
Sadly, it’s not quite full size at just 41cm, but should still prove a talking point. Complete with cable and energy-saving bulb, it retails for £50.
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