Earlier this week we featured the Tokyo Bay Neptune watch. Well, they also do some other stylish items, including these Tokyo Bay Red Tango retro clocks.
Using a clock shape common to the 50s and 60s, they’ve added some bold colours and some great cat designs, very Shag in inspiration. All are battery-powered, available in a choice of colour and come gift-boxed.
Prices start at $21 (around £11).
Find out more at the Tokyo Bay website
If you’re going to design a lamp with a retro feel, it’s best to use the parts from that era – as is the case with this Hector retro table lamp.
Designed by Peter Bowles, it features a bone china shade, ceramic base and an old-fashioned cotton-braided flex, with a 40w bulb needed for the light. And if you’ve got the money, you can pick up the full set of the medium-sized table lamp (pictured here), a standard lamp, wall light and a matching pendant lamp.
Prices vary, but this medium lamp will cost you £95.
Find out more at the Conran Shop website
If you’re looking for some quirky wallpaper, it doesn’t get much quirkier than this Abbey Road wallpaper.
The design by Tony Davis is based on the graffiti wall outside the famous Abbey Road Studios in London. It gets painted over every now and again, so there’s no guarantee that this is an exact replica of what’s there right now – but it is based on genuine graffiti at some point.
Three colour schemes are available, with rolls sized at 10.05m x 0.52m. Each one retails at £29.99.
Find out more at the Art Meets Matter website
A while back, we featured the 7-inch single iPod cases – as the name suggests, these were iPod cases made from old 7-inch records. There was a drawback though – the choice of records was a bit poor. But now things are different – you can use your own records.
Granted you’re not likely to send in that rare soul 45 that cost you £200, but if you see a scratched copy of something cool on eBay for a couple of quid, you can convert it to an iPod case.
As we said previously, the records are custom-fitted to an iPod, with the centre hold used around the click wheel. The cases retail for $45, with a custom case from your own record costing $7 more – plus the cost if your record.
Find out more from 45 iPod cases
Yesterday we featured the Sindy dolls in vintage BA uniforms. And whilst browsing for those, we featured another retro gem on the BA site – this British Airways retro travel bag.
Yes, there are cheap copies for sale out and about, but this is the official reissue – and exclusive to BA. It’s an exact replica of the original design, with a metal zipper and the traditional British Airways 70s branding, along with adjustable strap and protective studs on the base.
It retails for £20 plus postage and packing.
We’re long overdue a feature on Blythe Dolls, but until we do one, let’s take a look at some modern-day dolls influenced by Blythes – the Gina Girl dolls.
They were designed by photographer Gina Garan of This is Blythe fame, in collaboration with Australian artist Christina Gordon and with a nod to Blythe and 60s big-eye artist Lee and a nod to the 60s era for the outfits too.
