Ella Doran's new Geometrical Repeat range includes the company's first ever wallpaper design. The pattern is a softer take on op-art made from subtly shaded pyramid shapes.
The design has been digitally printed onto wallpaper which costs £110 a roll. If either the price or the look of that is too much, it's also available on table mats, coasters or a tray. Alternatively you could buy them all and really make yourself or visitors see shapes!
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Following on from the post earlier in the week, here's more exciting news for those on the lookout for interesting chopping boards. We've previously featured Lotta Kühlhorn's fabulously coloured apple mugs and her range for retro etc. includes several other great designs, such as this apple chopping board. Like the mugs, they use the repeated Pop-like motif of an apple, reflecting her interest in 1970s design.
They're in-store in Skandium but sadly not on their website and, while the mugs are widely available, I've struggled to find an on-line retailer for the board. However, you can get them through FromSthlm, a US based retailer who also stock Kühlhorn's apple coasters. The board costs $32, while the coasters cost $14 for a set of four.
Buy it at FromSthlm
Following on from the Jamie Oliver doormat earlier in the week, here's another range of slightly unexpected products: dress designer's Ben de Lisi's homeware range for Debenhams. The whole range is apparently influenced by his love of the 1950s modern movement, resulted in products like the mug pictured above, the 'Blocks mug'. He's also used the same bright colours and pattern on canvas prints.
There's more tableware available too. Shard is another mug, this time decorated with grey and red slants of colour, while the Chatter collection is a white crockery range, each item trimmed or covered with a colourful brick-like pattern.
The whole range is definitely worth a browse, with prices starting at £5 for the mug.
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The mugs are available in red, charcoal or orange and cost £7.99 each.
Buy it from the Illustrated Living website
Another company highlighting their heritage: in 2010 Portmeirion celebrates 50 years. They've been looking through their archives and produced a collection inspired by Susan Williams-Ellis' archive designs. This coffee pot is based on a similarly shaped pot they found that was covered in William-Ellis' hand-drawings. These drawings were the basis of the Magic Garden design, which began to be manufactured in 1970. The design looks as current now as it must have done back then.
While mugs with this design are readily available, this coffee pot is limited to an edition of 500. Each pot costs £65.
Buy it from the Beth Stevens website
The title of this product makes no secret that it's looking back a few decades: Sagaform have named this the retro tea cup and saucer, part of several pieces in a new 'retro' range. Lotta Odelius has looked to the 1950s to produce this attractive pattern, featuring naturally-inspired blue and green shapes on a white base.
This tea cup and saucer costs £14.50 while a storage jar featuring the same pattern is available for £12.50.
Buy it from the Illustrated Living website
