We featured the Hara Chair some time back, a modern chair by Giorgio Gurioli based very much on the 60s space age ethic. The original wasn’t cheap by any standards at £950, but the limited edition Hara Chair by Based Upon could warrant a chat with the bank manager.

The original was chosen by GQ Magazine as one of the ‘100 best things in the world’. They might get even more excited about the new version as there’s just 10 being made, each one ditching the plastic for metal – an ‘antique silver’ finish that’s actually a unique and complex alloy of five different metals.

And that exclusivity costs – the Based Upon Hara Chair retails for £4,995.

FInd out more at the 20ltd website

We’re big fans of Umpen Editions’ retro-inspired greetings cards, so its always a pleasure to see new ones arrive – the latest of which is Magnificent Men & Notable Gentlewomen and Beast Wishes.

Above are just two examples of the new designs. To the left is a card from the Magnificent Men & Notable Gentlewomen range, Victoriana designs with a nod to Monty Python’s pop surrealism. And to the right is a card from the Beast Wishes range, inspired by the work of Bawden and Ravilious and featuring a lion, a dog, little foxes, monkeys, a bird of paradise and the pig pictured here.

You can’t buy directly online, but if you go to the Umpen Editions website, there’s an extensive list of stockists.

Find out more at the Umpen Editions website