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Mid-Century Style Bärbar Tray from Ikea
For all their ubiquitous furniture, Ikea continuously come up with new home accessories which have a stylish quality that belies their Swedish-superstore origins. One such item is this Bärbar Tray.
Square and white, it's adorned with a colourful bird pattern which has a definite mid-century flavour. It's practical yet quirky and best of all it's a bit of a bargain at just £5.29.
The tray measures 33cm x 33cm. You'll need to visit a store to pick one up but you can check for stock online here.
Umbra bird cafe: modernist house shaped bird feeder
Cast your mind back and I'm sure you'll remember the FishCondo, a Le Corbusier style fish bowl. Well Umbra have decided that our feathered friends deserve the same treatment and have launched the Bird Cafe, a modernist take on the humble bird feeder.
The bird feeder echoes the straight lines and gleaming white of modernist architecture on a very small scale – it's about 20cm high. Made from plastic, you can look through its window to keep an eye on seed levels. The birds, meanwhile, feed from the tray at the bottom of the structure.
Suitable for hanging or for fixing to the wall, it means your birds can be fed in architectural style, even if the real life apartment is out of your price range.
The bird cafe costs £30.
Buy it from Stylish Life
Tammis Keefe 1950s textile designs reissued
Tammis Keefe may not be a household name, certainly in the UK, but in the 1940s and 1950s the American designer was responsible for many popular and cheerful textile designs. Michael Miller have now reissued some of her most distinctive designs for fabric and Fifties enthusiasts.
Fifteen designs have been reissued in total, selected from the work of the prolific designer. The playful Alligator cotton shown above is illustrative of Keefe's style which, in turn, was very typical of the period. Other designs are based around cats, birds and owls.
The fabrics are available from a range of sellers on Etsy, with prices starting for around $8 a yard.
via Retro Renovation
Clifford Richards prints at Elphicks
Fans of the distinctive graphic design of Clifford Richards will be pleased to hear Elphicks is stocking some of his original prints from the early 70s.
Dating to 1972, the prints depict a range of different birds, delineated in simple, bold lines and colours. As well as the toucans illustrated, there are also designs showing owls, swallows, flamingos and parrots.
The prints cost £275 each.
Buy them online
New limited edition Shag prints: Birds and Cats
Shag has gone back to nature with his latest limited edition prints – Birds and Cats.
Birds is a 10-colour serigraph, sized at 12 x 14 inches and signed and numbered to 250. Cats is a 12-colour serigraph, same 12 x 14-inch size and same number – 250, with all also signed.
Both are available now, $110 for each.
Birds print at the Shagmart website
Cats print at the Shagmart website
