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60s style Nina dining range at Habitat

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Nina platter

The Nina dining range, new in at Habitat, uses bright 60s-style shapes and colours to create an impact. 

The bold colours give the dishes a Pop Art flavour, while the 'slinky'-like shape included in the pattern references another key 60s art movement, Op Art. To complete the look, the range is all made from melamine and includes the platter shown above, as well as trays, dishes and even salad servers. 

If you like this look, you may want to take a look at Habitat's Evelyn lightshades which use a similar pattern. 

Prices start at £2. 

See the range online

Categories / Food and Drink

Boxsall Urban Picnic Box

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Urbanpicnic

There is probably just enough of summer left to justify buying the Urban Picnic Box from Boxsall.

Whilst most picnic carriers tend towards the shabby chic end of the retro spectrum, this has a tougher look, looking like 1980s stereo and being marketed at “graffiti artists, breakers, subway performers and inner city folks”. The other selling point is that the Urban Picnic Box, like all of Boxsall’s products, is environmentally-friendly, being made from post-consumer pulp with all of its accessories (trays, bowls, napkins, cups) made from compostable materials.

The Urban Picnic Box costs $35 (around £25) and can be bought directly from the Boxsall website.

Categories / Food and Drink, Music

Boxsall Urban picnic

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There's no doubt that picnic season is well and truly upon us. As a change from using the traditional wicker as a means of carrying your stuff about, how about a more 80s inspired look with the Boxsall urban picnic?

As you can probably tell from the picture, it's a box printed to look like a boombox. It's not just a novelty item however, as it also contains some pretty useful stuff: eating implements, trays, bowls, cups, napkins and even a rubbish bag. As an eco friendly incentive, everything is made from compostable materials. Alas it doesn't also provide the food or musical soundtrack for your picnic – you'll have to look elsewhere for both of those. 

The urban picnic costs $35. 

Buy it online

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

I love London lunchbox

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I love London lunchbox

More products featuring the iconography of London, with this I Love London lunchbox. You may remember the distinctive London tissue pack we featured a couple of weeks back, showing a retro-style illustration of a Routemaster bus and people queueing in line. That image has been used again here – to decorate the plastic lid of a lunchbox. 

I've not been able to find out any more information about the illustration – whether it's a genuine image from the late 1950s or 60s or just the work of a skilled copy-cat. Whatever its provenance it remains a striking image and you may be pleased to hear it's now also available on a greeting card and on a doormat, as well as on the lunchbox.

The lunchbox costs £4.95. 

See the range at the Dotcomgiftshop

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Daily menu 1950s designed paper napkins

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Nilsson napkin

With the UK finally getting some good weather at the weekend, picnic season seems to be upon us once again. Add some retro flair to your picnic with these Daily Menu napkins. 

The paper napkins use a design by Marianne Nilsson from the 1950s and illustrate possible menus for various meals in the day. You may remember the homeware range we featured a little while back, featuring Nilsson's Herring design. These napkins are equally Scandinavian in its choice of flavours, with boiled egg and cheese offered as one of the breakfast options. You may not agree with her suggestions but the simple line drawings, combined with grey and bright lime and yellow colours, make the napkins look a pretty tasty option. 

A pack of 20 costs £3.50. 

Buy it from New House Textiles

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Heals retro-styled Blyton picnic hamper

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Ok, we'll admit it – we planned on featuring this as the perfect Easter accessory prior to the Easter weekend. Unfortunately the weather has turned a little, so you might want to wait a bit before using the Heals Blyton picnic hamper.

But when the sun does come out, this vintage-style kit will certainly turn heads in the open country. Designed for two people, it offers that red tin shell with a removable willow tray, along with a selection of suitable accessories – two ceramic mugs, two ceramic plates, two knife and fork sets, two embroidered cotton napkins, salt and pepper cruets, 1a mini insulated flask, a cotton plate bag and a cotton cutlery bag.

You can see that in more detail over the page and if you want one, Heals sells it online – £85 is the price.

Find out more at the Heals website

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