If you're after an industrial style lamp, you're in luck as there are lots on offer at the moment. The latest example to come to our attention is this Factory desk lamp, available from Idyll Home.
The colour on this image is a bit misleading – it's actually white enamel used for the curved shade and base. Couple that up with an an adjustable chrome arm and you've got a lamp that's extra practical, as well as stylish.
This lamp costs £189.
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Seeing as it's such a warm day (here at least), we thought you might fancy an ice lolly? Or a at least, a picture of one courtesy of the Have An Ice Day screenprint by Crispin Finn.
It's an eye-catching number, with an old school lolly printed in two colours on the white background, complete with what every ice lolly should still have – a joke on the stick.
It's a two-colour embossed screenprint on 300gsm somerset paper, sized at 56cm x 38cm and in an edition of 50. £37.50 gets you one.
At first glance, you might think this is something from the Guzzini range of the 1970s. But it's actually the Herda table lamp.
Certain to be a European variation from a lesser-known brand, it's still an interesting piece and worth picking up for the right price. For your money, you'll get that period double-layered plastic brown shade (glowing yellow when lit), sat on a chromed metal base, which leaves the cord exposed to the bulb.
It stands 55cm tall and is described as being in 'excellent condition'. Right now, it's on eBay for just 1 pence.
A great design that's inspired by the past, but has everything the modern home telephone needs today – the Detraform Model 500 cordless telephone.
The work of Kiwi and Pim for Detraform, it's a design that might pass for a Joe Colombo piece, certainly fitting into a 1960s or '70s-inspired home with ease. The cordless DECT phone is made of anodised aluminium and polycarbonate, with a digital display that merges nicely into the design, sat just above the integrated keypad of the phone, which stands around 21cm tall.
Originally dating back to 1973, two versions of the Verner Panton 123 Lounge Chairs have been reissued.
It's been off the reissue market since 1989 (we featured an eBay find of one some time back), but is now back in both the standard (pictured over the page) and the De Luxe above. The difference is obviously the finish, with both of these space age classics offering a choice of fabric or leather upper and brushed aluminium bases. The De Luxe has that buttoned finish, as you can see.
Prices based on finish, but start at £800. A dining chair version is alas available with a slightly different shape from £595.
Stylish 1960s modernism and no doubt practical too, especially at this time of year. The Braun HL1 personal desk fan that is.
The work of Reinhold Weiss in 1961, it still looks the part today – another example of Braun's forward-thinking design. The motor casing is made of off white plastic with a chrome rim separating the motor casing from the fan head. There is also a light grey plastic lever switch on the casing to select speed and a perspex casing to protect the blades.
The Desk Fan is in 'very good condition' and in 'full working order', as well as being priced quite reasonably right now. Bidding stands at £2.20.
