Categories / Design and Interiors

Stig Lindberg 50s-designed pillow

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You may recall the Swedish 50s-designed messenger bags from last week. Well, the range isn’t just limited to bags, it also includes some home design – including this Stig Lindberg 50s-designed pillow.

The full range includes pillows, bags and placemats – all with reproductions of bright and bold 50s prints by Stig Lindberg, in this case onto high-quality cotton for a pillow. And each item features an exclusive label about the design and the designer.

There’s a choice of designs available, all retailing for around £40.

Find out more at the Design House Stockholm website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Cassette Wallet – made from a vintage tape

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We’ve talked at length in the past for our love of cassettes – it’s how we discovered most of our favourite music and I’ve personally written off many hours making my own compilation tapes. So I’m all for design that makes use of the fast-fading format – like this Cassette Wallet.

Yes, it’s a wallet/purse made from an old cassette tape. Or more specifically, made by Italian designer Marcella Foschi, using old (Italian) tapes. Each design is limited (there’s around six to choose from) and is guaranteed to be talking point every time you pay.

You can pick one up from US site Design Boom for $36 (around £18).

Find out more at the Design Boom website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Verner Panton FlowerPot light fitting

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When you have a light fitting that looks as cutting edge today as it did over 35 years ago, you know it’s a safe bet to stay in style for many more years. And that certainly applies to the Verner Panton FlowerPot light fitting.

It first hit the market in 1969, with a name allegedly derived from the hippy flower power movement. But there’s no flowers here – just a simple overlapping shade in coloured aluminium or plain polished metal.

And if you go for the colour, the orange is surely most representative of the period. You can pick it up for £110.

Find out more at the 95 per cent Danish website

Categories / Music

Urban Records 12-inch reissues

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Urban Records
started out in the mid 80s, predominantly as a reissue label for rare funk and rare groove tunes that were otherwise hard to find, but later developing into a fully-fledged label as the acid jazz scene emerged.

Over April and May, the best of the 12-inch singles released on the label will be reissued via Universal, each coming in the classic Urban sleeve, with the same tracklistings as the originals.

Some vintage gems from the likes of Bobby Byrd (I Know You Got Soul), James Brown (Payback), Kool and the Gang (Funky Stuff), Jackson Sisters (I Believe In Miracles) and Maceo and the Macks (Cross The Tracks), through to more contemporary tunes of the period, including the superb full-length version of James Taylor Quartet’s Theme From Starsky and Hutch.

Check with your local vinyl store for stock or check the Tunes website nearer release date.

Find out more at the Tunes website

Categories / Food and Drink

Sterling silver sleeves for classic condiments

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There’s a number of signs that you’ve got too much money burning a hole in your pocket – buying something with diamonds encrusted on it, investing in a football club or perhaps collecting vintage cars. I think we can safely add to that list buying sterling silver lids and sleeves for classic condiments.

The sleeves pictured here are the work of Theo Fennell and can be bought online. The set here offers a Coleman’s Mustard lid, Marmite lid, HP Sauce sleeve and a Heinz Tomato Ketchup sleeve – all in sterling silver. And if that’s not enough, there’s a range of other products, including Smirnoff vodka, Haagen Dazs ice cream and Lea and Perrin’s sauce.

The set featured here retails for £95. See the website for other or individual items.

Find out more at the Theo Fennell website