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Retro Magazine Rack

MagazinerackSpace-age design often doesn’t take into account the amount of belongings that some of us have accumulated and any clutter tends to ruin the look. But at least you can store any magazines in style with this magazine rack from Retro Republic. 

Designed to complement the white moulded plastic furniture of the sixties and seventies, this magazine rack is made from robust fibreglass. Its sleek appearance means it won’t look out of place next to a Globe or Panton chair.

Priced just £45 plus £15 delivery charge, it can be ordered online from Retro Republic.

Categories / Pets, Travel

Retro Retreat: Caban Casita, Wales

Cabin2Caban Casita is a delightful Scandinavian-style cabin, located in Cenarth, a Carmarthenshire village just inland from Cardigan Bay.

Built in 1973, it was designed by the Welsh architect Graham Brooks in a woodland site as part of one of the first eco-friendly tourist plans. It was restored earlier this year, but still maintains many of its original features that won Brooks several awards.

Cabin Casita is one of three similar cabins in the same location, all decorated in fantastic retro style – Cabin Casita boasts an Eero Aarnio Globe Chair.

But unique selling point of this one is that it is dog-friendly and the second bedroom has been re-designed especially for canine companions with a fitted dog bed and feeding bowls. The dog motive is continued in the pop artwork on the pine walls of the cabin.

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Gadgets and Tech

Sculptura Phone

Donut1_01The Sculptura telephone was a quintessential 1970s phone. Produced by Western Electric in a choice of three colour (yellow, brown or white), it was available as either Touchtone or rotary dial. It is also often referred to as the donut phone on account of its distinctive shape.

These phones seem to come up on Ebay in the USA fairly regularly but if you don’t want to take a chance on bidding for one, then there are several other online stockists including the Ericofon website who currently have brown and yellow with both dial styles in stock. Prices currently range from $50 for brown rotary up to $85 for yellow touchtone. If you’d preferred a yellow Sculptura, Modcats currently has one for $90.

These are USA phones but they will work in other countries with the right adapter.

Categories / Design and Interiors

B&Q 70s-style Trippy wallcovering

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If proof were needed that the 70s has been welcomed back into the mainstream, it can be found with DIY giant B&Q stocking this 70s-style Trippy wallcovering.

It’s by British Design Talent, a collective of new British designers that has developed a range of wallcoverings specifically for B&Q. And this one could have come straight out of Conran’s House Book, a bold orange and black design that’s also textured – so good for those slightly imperfect walls.

Yours for £16.98 per roll.

Find out more at the B&Q website

Categories / Gadgets and Tech

Levis-styled mobile phone on its way

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I was slightly disappointed when I saw this Levis mobile phone, fully expecting it to be denim-clad with a red tag hanging off the corner. But what we do have is something a bit more practical.

It actually looks quite cool, not unlike an old calculator (and not unlike the sadly-departed Samsung P300 calculator phone), with the classic Levis logo engraved on the back. For the technical amongst you, there’s also an MP3 player, two megapixel camera, Bluetooth and an SD memory card slot.

It comes in metallic silver, black and brown copper, each selling for 500 Euros – or heavily discounted from your local provider. Expect it from September.

Find out more from the Modelabs website

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Dualit Marmite Special Edition toaster

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Like Marmite itself, this Dualit Marmite Special Edition toaster is something you will either love or hate.

Mixing two classics, the Dualit chrome look and the Marmite logo (which is cut into the chrome side), this toaster has all the features you would expect and room for two slices of bread.

Not cheap though – retailing online for £115.

Find out more at the Dualit website