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Reclaimed Tap Light at Graham and Green

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We're all for recycling – especially when the end result is something as eye-catching as this Reclaimed Tap Light, which is available now at Graham and Green.

According to the retailer, it's made from reclaimed piping, adding an authentic vintage touch to your home. Not only that – stick in the bulb band it's a perfectly functional piece of desk or table lighting.

Much more of a talking point than your average Ikea or Anglepoise, it's available online for £115.

Find out more at the Graham and Green website

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Creepy Tree retro-style greetings cards and wrapping paper

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We've been meaning to feature Creepy Tree for some time, mainly because we love their retro-style greetings cards and wrapping paper.

Most use cartoon-like images, which remind us a lot of the vintage travel posters of the 60s, the Royston Cooper ones in particular. Cards are available for virtually every occasion, with wrapping paper in colourful repeat designs.

All are made and printed in an eco-friendly way and all are available online from the Brighton-based company. Cards are around £2 plus postage, with gift wrap around the same price per sheet.

Find out more at the Creepy Tree website

Categories / Watches

WeWood retro-style Crono watches at Eco Age

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Not just a quirky, retro-style design, the WeWood Crono watches are eco-friendly too.

The Eco Age store in Chiswick, London, is the only place you can get 'hands on' in the UK with these, although anyone can buy online. If you do, you can enjoy that retro watch face and a construction both eco-friendly and completely absent of artificial and toxic materials.

Choose from four different types of sustainable wood (maple, ebony, guanaco and red wing celtis) for your watch, all with a Miyota movement, alarm/stopwatch and backlight. Want one? £85 secures you one online. More images over the page.

Find out more at the Eco Age website

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Categories / Cars and Bikes

Sinclair C5 electric car gets a sequel – the Sinclair X-1

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We love the quirkiness opf the Sinclair C5 – and we have flagged them up on eBay in the past when we've spotted them. Sadly, the buying public wasn't quite to so keen on the mini electric car when it landed in the mid-80s. Indeed, less than 12,000 shifted and the company went into administration. Here's hoping the follow-up, the newly-launched Sinclair X-1, get a more favourable response.

It's a similar kind of vehicle, but according to Cnet, has a few improvements – a reclining nylon seat and a waterproof acrylic bubble being the most obvious, the latter keeping you secure from the elements. At least, more secure than the original. Still not great in a heavy downpour.

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Categories / Cars and Bikes

Mini creates retro-style electric scooter for the modern-day mod

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According to the Der Spiegel site, BMW's Mini offshoot is moving into the scooter market. Specifically the electric scooter market – and with a retro twist.

As you can see from the image above, the company has already given the 'mod treatment' to one of its new bikes, described as 'a new generation of scooters', which will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. The mod version is described as the 'Anglophile' and is being pitched at 'modern-day mods'. Eco-friendly ones anyway.

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Fuse Can Lights – lighting made from Heinz Beanz cans and Campbell’s Soup cans

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To be honest, the title pretty much says it all, with these Can Lights by Fuse being just that.

Yes, lights from discarded and salvaged cans, specifically Heinz Beanz cans and Campbell's Soup cans. With the help of Dublin's many restaurants and cafés who collect the tin cans, these everyday waste objects are turned into eye-catching yet functional pendant lights. Think of it as your very own piece of ceiling pop art.

Great on their own, even better as a set of three – which is why they're discounted if you go for the three. See an image of the Beanz tins over the page, with all selling for £80 each (or less with that multiple discount) complete with three core textile cable and recycled tuna can ceiling rose.

Find out more at the Fuse Finds website

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