As part of the Wim Crouwel exhibition (which we’ve mentioned before), the Design Museum commissioned the Crouwelclock App.
The App is a graphic alarm clock that also features three personal messages from the designer. So you can wake up to the sound of Crouwel wishing you ‘a nice and well designed day’, reminding you to ‘keep your grid straight today’ or that ‘a grid today keeps the doctor away’.
It costs 59p from the i-tunes store.
It's taken longer than expected from launch, but you can now order the Lego Boombox in the UK.
yes, it's a sound system inspired by everyone's favourite plastic brick, able to play your CDs as well as offering AM and FM radio and capable of connecting to your MP3 player, so you can use it as an external speaker. There's also 'bass boost', should you want a meatier sound from the little player and a digital screen for tuning. Those little studs on top double up as controls too.
Available to order now, £49.99 is the price.
The Sagemcom Sixty Telephone combines the best retro design with a host of modern features.
Design-wise, it is in the style of a classic telephone, except the handset is cordless. The orange finish adds to its retro appeal. Its handy modern features include automatic power management, 150-name phone book and a 20-minute answering machine.
It is available to buy from John Lewis for just under £99.95.
Everyone's favourite Pop artist is now available to add a touch of style to your favourite technology, thanks to the Andy Warhol for Incase range.
It's a range of cases, sleeves and bags for the iPhone, iPad and Mac Book featuring Warhol's artwork. The first few items of the range are based around the banana image produced for the Velvet Underground and Nico album in 1966 and his take on camouflage, with more designs to follow. The range has been authorized by the Andy Warhol Foundation who argue Warhol's fascination with technology means, if alive today, he would have been an avid fan and devourer of these products.
With some products available now and some ready for pre-order, prices start at $49.95 for a snapcase for the iPhone 4.
See the range online
Not just a cool piece of midcentury design, this Hans Gugelot-designed Braun G11 valve radio is still in working order as a radio too.
Best known for his work with Dieter Rams, this 'solo' design from Gugelot offers up LW, MW and FM reception, maple veneers, a contrasting white face for the controls and a set of vintage valves within for a rich, warm sound.
As we mentioned earlier, it's offered in full working order, with the veneers in 'fair' condition, with some minor damage and marking – see the close-up shots on the sales page for more on that. But lt.'s be honest – this is well over 50 years old, so hardly surprising. A rare design, with the bidding price right now at £21.
Find out more at the eBay website
This Chh Beep Click print isn't the first time Charlotte Farmer has teamed up with Found Bath – you may remember her festive Rock N Roll Christmas range. That collaboration – showing rock n roll stars alongside now redundant technology - was apparently the inspiration for this print. The redundant technology in this case is the Walkman, a desirable piece of kit in the 1980s.
The image captures the chunky delights of the walkman, complete with the buttons that made the sounds that have given their title to the print. The print has been created using a mixture of screen-printing and embossing to create an unusual and tactile texture to the print.
If you like the look of this, you're advised to snap it up now. It's part of a closed edition of just 10 prints.
The print costs £95.
Buy it online
