One of our favourite textile designers, Celia Birtwell has joined the auspicious ranks of designers who’ve contributed to Habitat’s VIP range.
Her “Very Important Product” is a hand tufted rug that features a flower design trimming bold stripes that will be familiar to followers of her work. It is made from 100% wool and measures 140cm by 250cm. It costs just under £400.
Visit the Habitat website for more details and to find your nearest store.
Having mentioned Table Football below, we now turn our attention to the other retro football game, Subbuteo. Part of their new Christmas stock, Pedlars are selling framed Subbuteo Posters.
The posters are reprints of a classic 1970s design which lists the international team colours of the Subbuteo figures. Measuring 53cm x 38cm, it is available with a choice of red or white frame.
It costs £89 and is available to buy now from the Pedlars website.
There are plenty of digital frames on the market, but none as stylish as the Sanyo HNV-M70 ALBO digital frame.
Packing those 70s-style space age looks, this 7-inch frame has Wi-Fi connectivity (so it can pick up images from online photo sites), as well as 256MB of internal storage, a card reader (so you can transfer your images from a camera easily) and an email, should you want to keep up with your correspondence or email images to friends and family. There’s even a media player, should you want to add a bit of music.
The one downside is availability – Japan only right now, selling for the equivalent of £220.
Find out more at the Sanyo website
Via Engadget
Got just over a million to spare? Well, you could be the owner of this stunning art deco-style 1930s house in Lytton Close, Hampstead, London.
Designed by architect GG Winbourne and grade II-listed, it’s situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in Hampstead Garden Suburb, still every bit the 1930s house from the outside, but with sympathetic modernisation on the inside.
Looking to liven up the TV ad breaks? You need the Offside coffee table.
As the name suggests, this is a coffee table…with table football. Yes, beneath that solid oak and glass structure is a fully-functioning footie table, complete with wooden players, goals, scoreboard, steel handles and a mirrored pitch. Just drop in the ball and you’re away.
And when the TV livens up again, it’s back as a coffee table, with plenty of surface area for your food, drinks and magazines. Not the cheapest coffee table you’ll see at £1,495, but certainly the most fun.
Putting aside reservations about the somewhat silly pun name, the U Cube Table by My Maison is a distinctive but affordable side table.
Made from acrylic, it is available in red or smoky brown, the latter having a particularly 1970s look to it. They have been designed so that they can be stacked or used for storage as well.
They are available to buy online form Iggloo priced £90 each.
