Not a bag for our vintage trainers, this Nike Vintage Trainer bag has a print that features old-school Nike footwear.
Worth a look if you’re on the look out for a new bag for the gym, it’s very much the traditional holdall with a vintage monochrome trainer print, with white leather handles and trim and a contrasting orange lining.
The bag measures around 20" x 10" x 10" and retails for around £60.
Find out more at the End Clothing website
I always have a problem with Bo Concept – most of their items are exceedingly bland, but ideal for soulless loft apartment living. However, whilst browsing the site the other day, I noticed these rather cool op art-style mugs that would fit well into any 60s-styled home.
The mugs are made from white porcelain, with three designs available (and pictured) – all in a retro.op art style.
A good buy at just £5 each.
Find out more from the Bo Concept website
For fantastically quirky 60s design, check out Aldo Londi’s designs for Bitossi, which have been reissued in limited quantities by the company to celebrate the centenary of the designer’s birth. By far the most distinctive are his animals – and for me, the most distinctive of all is the Rimini Rosso Cat. Red ceramic, great design and a guaranteed conversation-starter.
Check out some of the other reissued designs at the Twentytwenty website, starting from around £40, but if you love the cat as much as we do, it retails for £226.
Find out more at the Twentytwenty website
Pure novelty, but not without appeal is the Fred-O-Vision retro TV alarm clock.
It’s based on an old portable TV, showing the time through an old test screen display, with all the settings controlled by TV-style buttons. It’s also an alarm clock, playing old game show jingles (US ones I imagine) and a mood light.
And of course, it has a TV-style remote to control everything. Sized around 4 inches x 3 inches, you can pick it up for $24.99 (around £13).
Find out more at the Perpetual Kid website
As we’ve just featured a desk, it seems a good time to mention one of the coolest desk accessories you can buy – the Imbroglio desk calendar, originally designed in 1973 by French industrial designer Jean-Pierre Vitrac.
This is the freestanding version of the Imbroglio, which uses a panel made from powder-coated steel featuring screen-printed graphics and a plastic, magnetic cursor. The plastic cursor frames and defines the numbers 1 – 31, so you always know what day it is. And as it doesn’t do years, there’s no reason to buy a new calendar every year – just the one will do.
You can pick one up in red or grey for a very reasonable £19.95.
Find out more at the Twentytwentyone website
Think office desks today and you’ll instantly think of some cheap wooden flatpack creation from Ikea (or similar outlet). It’s rare for anyone to spend big on a desk, even if they work from home regularly. But if you’re an exception to the home-assembly rule, check out this amazing Papiro desk, designed by Augusto Mandeli and Walter Selva.
Originally introduced in 2004, the desk has the look and basic functionality of a modernist piece from 70 years previous – as well as looking a little like the desks Merrow Associates were producing in the 60s. There’s a choice of polished wood finishes (oak in this case), a chrome base and two drawers.
It’s priced at around £1,150. Not cheap, but a stylish addition to your home.
