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Darling Clementine Woodland trays

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Woodland tray
Cast your mind back and you may remember the Woodland cards: a colourful take on the 70s folk trend courtesy of Norway's Darling Clementine. If you thought those cards too good to send to someone else, they are now available in a more permanent form, in the shape of these Woodland trays. 

Darling Clementine have selected four of their favourite designs and applied them onto birch veneer trays of various sizes and shapes. Each design uses the same reduced pink, black and white colour scheme to create a striking look. And, on the folk theme, each image is packed full of owls, foxes, flowers and other natural delights. 

Currently only available to pre-order, the tray pictured will cost you $35. 

Buy them online

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Next Retro Canister Set

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Canisters 
Next currently has a whole collection of kitchenware in bright green, which is a little garish in such large quantities, but used in moderation here on this Canister Set it works rather well.

Each canister has a slightly different variation on the green flower pattern, so that you don’t mix up your tea, coffee and sugar (although the canisters are named too). The canisters are all 14cm high and sold as a set of three for £24.

Buy them online from the Next website.

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60s style Nina dining range at Habitat

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Nina platter

The Nina dining range, new in at Habitat, uses bright 60s-style shapes and colours to create an impact. 

The bold colours give the dishes a Pop Art flavour, while the 'slinky'-like shape included in the pattern references another key 60s art movement, Op Art. To complete the look, the range is all made from melamine and includes the platter shown above, as well as trays, dishes and even salad servers. 

If you like this look, you may want to take a look at Habitat's Evelyn lightshades which use a similar pattern. 

Prices start at £2. 

See the range online

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1920s textile design tea towels from the Courtauld Gallery

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Twenties tea towel

This Courtauld Gallery tea towel, based on a 1920s textile design, is possibly too beautiful to use on your dishes.

It's based on a textile design from the 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs – the World's Fair that gave us the term 'Art Deco' – and reflects some of the dynamism you'd associate with that movement.The Courtauld have also produced a Tropical Birds design tea towel dating from the same period which is equally striking. 

Something of a bargain too at £5. Frame them and get some instant art for your walls. 

Buy them from Culturelabel

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Smorgasbord tray by Barbro Tryberg Boberg and Maria Holmer Dahlgren

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Smorgasboard

Add a touch of Scandinavian retro style to your kitchen with this smorgasbord tray designed by Maria Holmer Dahlgren and Barbra Tryberg Boberg.

Neither designer is a stranger to this site: Maria Holmer Dahlgren, whose London trays and tea towels are well known, and Barbra Tryberg Boberg who was featured recently for her Formverket Formica kitchenware. 

The design has a strong 1950s look with its skeletal depiction of plants and vegetables that have been illustrated in black and picked out in a second colour. It has the same feel as Marianne Westman's recently reissued 1956 Picknick design (you can now get that tray in the UK from New House Textiles for £15.50). Made from Swedish birch veneer, this tray design should hopefully have the same longevity.  

The tray costs £15.95. 

Buy it from Hus and Hem

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1950s fabric inspired mugs from Prey

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Prey fabric mug

Fan of vintage textile design? Take a look at these 1950 fabric design mugs from Prey.

Bath-based Prey have reproduced charming vintage designs onto mugs – such as the Houses design shown – creating lovely pieces in their own right. The mugs are available featuring two further colourful prints, entitled Fruit Bowls and Soda Siphon.

The same designs have also been reproduced on storage tins. Sadly these are currently out-of-stock, though you can enter your email address on the website to be notified when they're back on sale. 

The mugs cost £9.95 each. 

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