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Five 1970s-style table lamps at La Redoute

Five 1970s-style table lamps at La Redoute

1970s-style wall murals by Bobbi Beck

1970s-style wall murals by Bobbi Beck

Lego goes pop art with Robert Indiana’s Love

Lego goes pop art with Robert Indiana’s Love

Categories / Design and Interiors, eBay watch, Gadgets and Tech

eBay Watch: Mangiadischi Penny portable record player

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Forget the iPod, the coolest portable audio player around is the Mangiadischi Penny portable record player.

Dating back to around 1970, this Italian-made player spins your 45s and plays them via the built-in speaker, with power from mains or battery. Clever stuff too – just slip in your single and it plays automatically, no matter what the size of hole in your record. And when you are finished, just press the eject (which is located next to the volume control).

Available in a range of bright colours, this one is currently selling for £26.70 – with many others also available around this price.

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Design and Interiors

UK Wallpaper’s 70s-style wallcoverings

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Thanks to Chris for flagging up the substantial stock of 70s-style wallcoverings over at the UK Wallpaper website.

And if you’re looking for something bright, bold and unmistakably 70s, there should be a paper for you here. The once pictured to your right is described as ‘Brown, Yellows and Orange’, though confusingly, you can get it in different colours, with each available with a border.

And if you want to know what the papers might look like in your retro home, there’s even ‘period’ pictures for some of the designs. Prices vary, with the one featured here being £14.99 per roll.

Find out more at the UK Wallpaper website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Vico Magistretti space age Atollo table lamp

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Another vintage classic to impress your friends with – the Atollo table lamp by Vico Magistretti.

Magistretti designed this lamp in 1977 – and 30 years later, it still looks ahead of its time. There’s a range of lamps available, with either  black or white lacquered aluminium body or white glass if you prefer. And there’s a diffuser with a dimmer to control the light. Oh yes – and bags of style.

Available from SCP, prices start at £325.

Find out more at the SCP website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Music

Vinyl record bath mat

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There’s few ways to jazz up the average bathroom, but this Record Collector bath mat could play a small part in livening it up.

Sadly, you don’t get a choice of record  and you can’t play it, but it does add a quirly touch and at 24 inches across, is big enough to step on and wipe your feet as you leave the bath or shower.

Available from the Mod Cloth site, you can pick one up for $21.99, which is around £11.

Find out more at the Mod Cloth website

Categories / Men's Fashion

Oki-ni vs Fred Perry clothing range – based on a vintage Action Man top

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Oki-ni has teamed up with Fred Perry for a new limited edition range of clothing for autumn/winter 2007 – based on a vintage Fred Perry shirt for Action Man.

That shirt featured an oversized logo – seen here now on the Fred Perry Little Big Action Man range, a selection of items featuring a slimline fit and 1950s-style logo. First up is the the Little Big Action Man Polo Shirt (pictured here), made of 100% cotton heavy pique with press stud buttons and wide tartan green tipping. It has no top stitching to give a cleaner finish and retails for £75.

The Little Big Action Man Track Jacket is also made in 100% cotton heavy pique with no top stitching, an oversized zip and ribbing on the sleeves, collar and waistline. That’s £100.  Finally, the Little Big Action Man Tennis Jumper is a heavy gage cable knit with wide ribbing and a tartan green 50s laurel. That sells for £195.

See images of the latter two items over the page – and if you want any of the items, they will be available from Oki-ni from Thursday 8th November.

Find out more at the Oki-ni website

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Retro Cube clock radio

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There’s something of the old meeting the new with this Cube clock radio.

Its solid casing, cream colour scheme and radio dial gives the impression of an old device. But there’s modern functionality in this fold-out radio too, with a digital clock, alarm, AM/FM reception, a telescopic antenna and large built-in speaker.

Available in black as well as the cream, the radio sells for £32.50.

Find out more at the Graham & Green website