More stylish lighting, this time from Ruth Taylor, who has produced these stylish ceramic lamps.
They’re impressive on two levels – firstly, the shape of the lamp, in particular that rounded base. And of course, the bright retro designs – all hand painted by the designer.
There’s six designs available, including the four pictured above. Sized at 47cm x 30cm, you can pick one up for £190. Not cheap – but certainly individual.
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
Looking for a clock to match your Bridget Riley artwork? You need the Optik op art clock.
What you see is what you get – a clock with a succession of black spots on a white background, not unlike a Riley piece. There’s both time and minute hands on a clock that’s 190 x 290 x 65mm.
Yours for £24.95.
Find out more from the Surround Style website
Thanks to Kath for the tip off!
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).
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.
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.
