If you're serious about your crafting, this 1960s Danish rolltop sewing box might be just the thing for your home.
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Heal’s Discovers Geometry Sideboard
The Geometry Sideboard by Burgundy Applegate is part of a range of products in the Heal’s Discovers range. It is inspired by both Danish design and Art Nouveau.
It has a solid walnut frame and a lacquered top. It is available with either the patterned front shown here or in plain grey, costing £795 and £695 respectively. It is smaller than most sideboards, so is ideal for rooms tight on space. A side table and coffee table in a similar design are also available should you wish to kit out your whole room in the same way.
They are available to order from Heal’s, although won’t be available for delivery for approximately another 3 months.
1960s Gubi Semi pendant light by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup
A Danish classic from 1967 is back on the market, specifically the Gubi Semi pendant light by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup.
An award-winning design back on the day, the lamp still looks futuristic today, as well as still being very practical – the shape of the enamelled metal shade and the silver light bulb within combine to 'give the light a unique spread in the room'.
Supplied with a black ceiling rose and two metres of black fabric covered flex, it's available in various colours and in two sizes, prices starting at £169.
Wonderful Copenhagen Poster
Since we are big fans of Danish design, it seems rather remiss that we have never mentioned this classic poster design, Wonderful Copenhagen.
The poster was created in 1959 by Viggo Vagnby and is based upon a famous photograph of an incident from the same year where a policeman stopped the traffic to allow a family of ducks to cross the road in Frederiksberg. Although a popular image at the time, the poster fell out of favour and in1985 it was used as wrapping paper to protect a shipment of prints being entered into a competition in England, but by happy mistake, was entered into the competition which it won. The poster is now rightfully restored to its place as a classic and can be seen in the Danish Museum of Art & Design.
You can buy your own print of it from Posterland for 18.5 Euros.
Waterquest retro lights from Berry Red
These waterquest lights from Berry Red offer retro looks at a reasonable price.
Each light has a sleek metal shade coming from a chrome goose-neck arm, giving it something of a 50s feel. There's even seven different colours to choose from – including fuchsia, apple, lilac, for example – meaning that you can find a lamp that will fit in with every room.
The lamps cost £35 each.
See them online
eBay watch: 1960s Danish hanging light
A nice midcentury design for a reasonable amount of money (at least, at the moment) – this 1960s Danish hanging light.
Not one lamp, but three lamps, all made of brushed aluminium, with an orange-coloured inner, able to be positioned at varying levels. Decent condition, with no big scratches, dents or misshaping apparently.
Price? Right now it's just £2 for the lot.