Author: modculture

If the strains of Radio 1 or 2 are a bit too 'in your face' for the first thing, how about goign back to basics for your morning call? You can with this Giant White Alarm Clock at Oliver Bonas.

What you see is what you get – an oversized bedside clock (30cm) coloured almost entirely white and with bells big enough to shake the strongest of sleepers.

The price isn't as big as the clock though, pick one up for £34.

Find out more at the Oliver Bonas website

At first glance, it looks like a balloon on some string, but this is the altogether more sturdy Angelina floor lamp from Penta.

Designed by Carlo Colombo, but obviously inspired by the space age excesses of the late 1960s, it has that kind of 'other world' feel about it, brought about by that plexiglass shade which gives off an eerie glow, supported by a varnished metal frame and base.

Not cheap, with prices starting at £986, but certainly a head-turner and essential for that Space 1999 look.

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Via Switched On Set

The French company Jielde has been making lighting since 1950 – and the Jielde Signal floor lamp looks like it could well have come from the original range.

This vintage-style design is constructed in steel, coloured in a wide range of colours (many considerably brighter than the black above), using articulated armed to offer the right light for your task and a 40w bulb to deliver it.

Not the easiest thing to find in the UK, but you can pick it up at the Aram Store and online at the Conran Shop, price around the £270 mark.

Find out more at the Conran Store website