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Categories / Design and Interiors

Giotto Stoppino 1970s magazine rack for Kartell

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Back in the depths of time, we featured the Giotto Stoppino magazine rack as one of our first-ever Retro To Go posts. And now that it's available in a rainbow of colours, it's a good time to visit this Kartell design again.

If it looks familiar, it just might be because it was doing the rounds in Habitat a couple of years back. If you missed that, you can still get this 1971 design, now with a choice of transparent or batch-dyed PMMA finishes, the image above giving you an idea of options. There's plenty of room for your magazines in those four pockets and should you want to move it around, that raised area and a small handle made it portable too.

A design classic that doesn't cost a fortune – yours for around £69.

Find out more at the Nest website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Ernest Race BA3 1940s armchair

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We've covered the work of Ernest Race in the past, notably the Clarissa Hulse Race Rocker and the Margaret Howell Race Heron chair. But here's something that's more faithful to the designer's original work – the Ernest Race BA3 armchair.

Like many of the Ernest Race designs, this is style conjured up from limited resources, indeed, designed in 1945, the BA3 was produced when both wood and metal were in seriously short supply. However, Race still produced an award-winning seat from die-cast aluminium and oak, with some vinyl thrown in for comfort.

Available once more, you can buy one from £467.

Find out more at the Twenty Twenty One website

Categories / Books, Design and Interiors

Less and More – The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

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We're big fans of the work of Dieter Rams here, most of which is extensively catalogued in Less and More – The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams.

This is the book of an exhibition, held at Suntory Museum in Osaka, Japan, featuring images of over 500 consumer products designed by Rams from the 1950s through to the 1990s, primarily for Braun. It's packed full of colour images and sketches, along with both English and Japanese text and seriously cool packaging – a white plastic cover protected by a grey cardboard sleeve and different paper types used throughout.

If you want to know why Dieter Rams is the most influential product designer of the modern era, you need this. A limited edition, it sells for £75.

Find out more at the Design Museum website

Categories / Women's Fashion

Coin Spot Belt Dress at Oli

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Polka dots can sometimes get tired as the go-to print for vintage inspired clothing design, but when a spot pattern is one well it's hard to beat. This Coin Spot Belt Dress from Oli falls on the good side of spots, for us, providing a head turner of a dress.

The use of coin sized spots makes this dress stand out from the many polka dotted versions. It's fun and cutesy, but also manages to avoid looking awfully Minnie Mouse. This is thanks to the interesting dress shaping. Avoiding the obvious circle skirted fifties frock, this goes for edgy necklines and great structure to provide a slinky look.

It's available online from Oli for £60, in a stretch cotton fabric.

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Categories / Women's Fashion

Smythe Yachting Wool Blazer

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England has been known for its boating traditions for centuries, and as with any activity it comes with its very own aesthetic. Boating jackets have come in and out of mainstream style, too, most notably worked into youth fashion in the 1960s.

This Smythe Yachting Wool Blazer is a great piece for the coming summer months thanks to its traditional, simplistic styling. This jacket is versatile enough to fit in with many retro styles from mod to riviera style and even a fifties nautical look. Made from a light wool and with a petite cut, it's ideal for the sunshine.

Get it from Net-a-Porter online for £485.

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Categories / Homeware

50s Angled Furniture Range from Graham and Green

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Jamie Graham has designed a range of bedroom furniture inspired by 1950s designs. It is called “50s Angled” and comprises of a sideboard, chest of drawers, desk and bedside cabinet.

All of the pieces have a mirrored finish and feature slanted drawers that slide open and closed. Prices range from £300 for the cabinet up to £1200 for the sideboard (pictured). View the whole collection online at the Graham and Green website.