We featured the Eames DSR chair recently and if you like that, you might be interest in another resurrected Eames design in a similar vein – the DSW chair.
Originally designed in 1950 and now remade by Vitra, the DSW is an all-purpose chair in polypropylene with a four-legged maple base and in a choice of colours – black, light blue, lime yellow, grey, red and white.
Not cheap, but certainly timeless, it retails for £262.
Find out more at the Twenty Twenty One website
Etsy is always a good place to check out for some original design – and if you’re a fan of retro gaming, you might be interest in this limited edition piece – the Pac-Man bracelet.
Pac-Man and the ghosts, made of a glossy plastic and brought together by a silver plated chain with a lobster claw closure, made by the designer Pixelparty.
The bracelet is around seven inches, but can be lengthened and shortened. And it can be yours for $22 (around £11).
Everyone’s fridge looks a little bare, so how about brightening yours up with this Retro Ladies fridge magnet set.
This set of 10 rounded fridge magnets features some particularly stylish ladies from vintage advertisements. But look closely and you’ll realise the designs are quite clever – yes – these are women advertising fridges…for your fridge.
You can buy the set online, priced at $14.99 (which is around £7.50).
Find out more at the Mod Cloth website
Disco isn’t featured here that often, so to rectify this here is a pair of disco-inspired cushions – the Dance Fever cushions.
These pair of cushions is available to buy from Etsy seller needlequeen and they feature a felt appliqué dancers – Disco Dan who is dressed in a Travolta style white suit and Swinin’ Sue whose cushion comes with an attached mirror ball.
They cost $100 for the pair and are available from Etsy. A great way to bring a bit of Studio 54 to your home!
The options are somewhat limited if you are looking for a cooker to complement a retro-style kitchen. Yes, there is always the Aga, but that is a bit too Country Living and you need a big kitchen to accommodate it. Britannia are now producing a cook that may just suit your kitchen.
The Cubism cooker is part of Britannia’s limited editor Couture Range. This range comprises of three designs, each inspired Avsh Alom Gur’s catwalk collection, of which the retro Cubism cooker is our favourite. As well as striking Cubist red and black patterned exterior, it features a nine-function oven with Quickstart, a programmer, a choice of hobs and Chef Top hotplates.
Prices range from a jaw-dropping £4,900 – if you are undeterred by this then further details can be found on the Britannia website.
By far the quirkiest – and possibly coolest – MP3 player I’ve seen in a long time – the Chinavision cassette-shaped MP3 player.
As well as the retro design (which also features an image of a record deck on the exterior), the player allows storage of MP3 tracks on an SD or MMC card (up to 2GB), with buttons on the front for accessing your tracks and changing volume, an earphone socket and a rechargeable battery.
This is a new product, with no price as yet – but it’s unlikely to sell for more than £20.
Find out more from the Chinavision website
