We love classic design – and if it’s got an affordable price tag, all the better. Well, you get both with the Robin Day Tricorne tray.

Robin Day is arguably Britain’s most renowned furniture designer, bringing out designs over a 60-year that still are still being produced today – and still fitting effortlessly into our lives. The Tricorne tray was originally designed in 1955 – with a design that shows off Day’s use of form and technology to create a functional item that’s unlikely to go out of style.

Available in birch and walnut, it’s available for £65 and £75 respectively.

Find out more at the Twenty Twenty One website

You might be happily sat on your stylish sofa, but what about that smelly old dog bed? You could replace it with something that fits in more with your look – like this Mid-Century Design Dog Sofa.

With inspiration obviously taken from Le Corbusier, it’s Italian-made and available in black, white, tobacco and grey. A removeable cover is both waterproof and washable and the fully welded steel frame is available in chrome or black powdercoat.

You can pick up the seat in vinyl or leather and in a variety of sizes, with prices starting at $210 (around (£110).

Find out more at the Dog Bar website

Back in April, we previewed the Joe Colombo exhibition and mentioned that it was heading to Manchester. Well, 8 months down the line, it’s arrived – and well worth the wait.

Joe Colombo: Inventing the Future is the first international retrospective of Colombo’s influential work, mixing what are now design classics (including the Elda armchair, the Universale chair, the lamp Alogena and of course, the Boby Trolley) with some of the Italian’s more quirky and outlandish ideas, plus original sketches, plans, brochures, architectural models, several films and contemporary photos.

If you’re in the city, it should offer some inspirational respite from the Christmas shopping crowds. Joe Colombo: Inventing the Future runs from Saturday 2nd December 2006 – Sunday 25th February 2007 at the Manchester Art Gallery. Admission is free.

Find out more at the Manchester Art Gallery website