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Categories / Design and Interiors

Alexander Girard plate set

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This striking Alexander Girard plate set is far too good to be used for everyday.

It features motifs designed by Girard in 1956 for Georg Jensen when he was asked to produce seven table settings. Just four of the motifs are used in this set, which is produced by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, all instantly recognisable as his style – the pinwheel, patera, garland and hexagon. So stylish, in fact, that I suspect you'd want to use the set for display rather than eating off. 

The set costs £38.50.

Buy them from Culturelabel

Categories / Food and Drink

Pintie Milk bottle milk jug by Whosglass

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We've featured various ways of re-using old milk bottles in the past, from vases to light shades. These Pintie Milk bottle milk jugs from Whosglass offer a use that's a bit closer to their original function. 

These bottles have been hand-manipulated and made into jugs. They retain their original decoration, so feature charming retro advertising like the one for Kellogg's cornflakes shown in the image above. Other bottles for sale feature adverts for Ready Break, as well as various tea and hot chocolate brands. 

The jugs cost £19.95.

Buy it from Brighton Pod

Categories / Food and Drink, Music

Fresh slice – vinyl themed pizza cutter

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We love a good bit of vinyl, which is handy as shops seem eager to sell us record-related home accessories – the latest being the Fresh slice pizza cutter. Yep, it's a pizza cutter in which the blade is made to resemble a record (thankfully made from stainless steel rather than vinyl) and the plastic handle is made to look like a stylus arm. 

File it next to the vinyl chopping board and the clock as a kitsch bit of kitchen fun. 

The cutter costs £15. 

Buy it from Urban Outfitters

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Guzzini Space Age style Biscotto container

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We've featured many of Guzzini's products before and their products which all have a definite space age feel. This biscotto container is no exception. 

Made from moulded plastic in that classic 1970s shade of orange, it measures just over 20cm diameter and looks like it could hold a lot more than biscotti. Put it out next to Guzzini's classic Stella ice bucket and you can easily add a 1960s/70s look to any home. 

The container costs £15.96.

Buy it from Forma House

Categories / Food and Drink

Tropical leaf salad serveware from Heal’s

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Want to be a retro hostess with the mostest? You may want to consider investing in this Tropical leaf salad serveware from Heal's. 

A piece of kitsch, this green acrylic set comprises a large plate or a salad bowl and servers, both in the shape of a large tropical leaf. The shape is reminiscent of the ceramic Carlton ware leaf dish which was produced in the late 1940s into the 1950s but the use of the material creates something of a 70s feel. 

Stock up now ahead of the summer – the plates are £4 each, while the salad bowl and servers cost £25. 

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Categories / Food and Drink, Toys and Games

Retro Arcade Cake Mould

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What could be better than cake mixing it with old school arcade games. And if you plan on mixing the two, you'll need to get yourself this Retro Arcade Cake Mould.

Coming soon to the Spinning Hat site, the mould is inspired by the first generation of arcade gaming, Space Invaders if you want to be specific. The mould can make various levels of gaming cake, so if you fancy making a multi-level arcade sponge or carrot cake…well…you can.

See over the page for one of those finished products and if you want one, you can pre-order now, with the price at just £9.99.

Find out more at the Spinning Hat website

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