Categories / Art and Photography, Toys and Games

Brigitte Herrod button badge heart picture

Heart-badge-picture

You may remember the rock n roll badge cushion we featured a few weeks back. Well, retro badges get put to another use with this button badge heart picture made by Brigitte Herrod

Herrod makes heart-shaped images using a selection of badges from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, from birthday badges to holiday souvenirs. Presented in an attractive looking box frame, each picture is a one-off. 

The picture sells for £175 so, if you have an abandoned badge collection gathering dust somewhere, it be be one to try at home. 

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Categories / Books, Design and Interiors

70s Style and Design book

70s style

A must for anyone interested in the period, Thames and Hudson's new 70s Style and Design book does exactly what the title suggests. It's a review of the decade, aiming to rescue it from its reputation as the decade that taste forgot. 

Through the generous use of illustrations and witty text the authors, Dominic Lutyens and Kirsty Hislop, show how the Seventies' decorative style drew inspiration from the past – the Art Deco revival and the influence of 60s Pop Art – and continues to influence design today.

With 224 browsable pages, it's an ideal Christmas present and costs just £17.47 on Amazon. 

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Categories / Homeware

Retro print containers from Berry Red

Retro print container

More stylish storage for your home with this retro print containers from Berry Red. They are enamel tins decorated in a 1970s floral pattern, sure to look attractive on any shelf. Handily each container also has a window so you can check what's been put inside each one (or how much is left of vital supplies of things like tea and coffee!). 

Though two sizes of containers are pictured above, Berry Red only seem to be selling the larger size. At 26cm high, it costs £18.50. 

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