We thought we’d seen the end of the Keep Calm and Carry On craze, but still new products come – and this Keep Calm and Carry On handmade rug is probably the classiest of the lot.
It keeps that same classic design, offering it as a handmade rug from 100% New Zealand tufted wool & 100% cotton backing, produced in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Both are sized at 183cm x 122cm, with a choice of red or navy blue, selling for £445.
Everyone needs a chair to kick back into – and this Miss Behaving armchair from Sofa Workshop looks as comfortable as anything out there.
Very much in a 50s/mid-century style, the tight-covered armchair offers a choice of colour for those angled legs, as well as a choice of covering from over 2,200 fabrics (the one above is Nina Campbell Amazonas).
Prices do vary depending on finish, with the one pictured here officially selling for £930, although there is a 30 per cent discount available right now.
One for our US readers (or UK readers with an urge to relocate) – the Philip Johnson-designed mid-century house in New Canaan, Connecticut, NY, USA.
Johnson designed the house back in 1953 – and it’s a stone’s throw away from his more famous Glass House. Indeed, there’s plenty of glass in this one too, mixed with more traditional masonry, slate-tiled floors and plastered walls. There’s also a gravel courtyard at its centre, designed as a ‘negative imprint’ of the house itself.
Another product using Walnut veneer! This time it is a nest of tables by Bloq which has been given the self-explanatory name of “Nest in Walnut”.
Nests of tables are not the most fashionable furniture these days, but their practicality is undeniable. This particular set is especially versatile as they can be interlocked in a variety of ways or flipped over to use as storage. The smallest cube also has a shelf which provides another use. Prices are from £375.
Visit the Bloq website to order and see the nest in its many configurations.
Eames La Chaise, Aarnio’s Ball Chair, Nelson’s Marshmallow Sofa, De Lucchi First Chair, Gehry’s Wiggle Chair.
These are just some of the iconic designs featured on the “Chair History” T-Shirt. You could have hours of fun naming the thirty chairs depicted on the white t-shirt.
It costs 23,80 Euros (around £20) and is available form the Vitra Design Museum Shop in sizes from Small to XL.
Tatty Devine have become a bit of cult classic in retro kitsch jewellery design, with many pieces selling like the proverbial hotcakes. If you’ve admired their past lines, but missed the boat thanks to high volume sales, they’re giving us all another chance to snap up some of the best.
With their Best Of range, they’re reissuing the most popular designs since the brand’s inception, featuring great kitschy jewellery designs as modelled by some of their favourite people. Show above is their 50s glasses necklace, originally sold in Spring/Summer 2005.
