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Categories / Design and Interiors

50s-style Sidde armchair from Heal’s

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This Sidde armchair is another treat from Heal's new Scandinavian season. 

Like the other designs in the collection, this design looks to the 1950s for its influence, evident in its sloping shape and taped wooden legs. Even the colourways – pick from lavender or jade – are mid-century inspired. The chair has been designed by John Jenkins, the man behind the Archiv Storage unit we featured a few weeks back. There's also a (non-sloping) footstool available to match. 

The chair £1150, while the footstool will set you back an additional £595. 

Order them online

 

Categories / Homeware

Doily Rug from Urban Outfitters

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Embrace a bit of granny-chic with this Doily Rug from Urban Outfitters.

With it's bold graphic style, the rug is actually a far cry from anything old-fashioned. It might take it's inspiration from the crocheted ornamental table mats so beloved of grandmas, but the finished article has a fresh modern look with a Scandinavian-style design.

The rug comes in either pink or black, measures 152cm (W) x 213cm (L) and is 100% cotton.

It costs £65 from Urban Outfitters – find out more here.

Categories / Art and Photography

Mengsel Toucan Print

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Birds often turn up in Scandinavian-inspired designs, be it folk-art style doves or owls, but the subject of this print is less common.

The Mengsel Toucan Print by Luzelle van der Westhuizen is inspired by geometric and hand-drawn patterns, particularly those found in African and Scandinavian design. The design is dominated by a bright orange colour, which adds to its retro look. The silkscreen print is available as a limited edition (although the number isn’t specified) and framed in white wood.

It costs £105 from Heal’s.

Categories / Design and Interiors

Marks & Spencer Fjord retro-styled easy chair

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A gem in the new autumn/winter range at Marks & Spencer, this Fjord retro-styled easy chair.

A simple shape, with a sold hardwood frame and a look inspired by both midcentury and Scandinavian design. It's also available in a seemingly-endless range of upholstered finishes, with the seat cushions (including the buttoned back cushion) filled with shape-retaining foam.

Available online, you can grab one for £599.

Find out more at the Marks & Spencer website

Categories / Homeware

Shuffle Side Table by Mia Hamborg

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This year Heal's celebrates 60 years of bringing us the pioneering Scandinavian design that we've come to love them for. To commemorate, this autumn they're treating us with a whole new brood of designers with concepts firmly rooted in the traditions of the modernist era.

This unique Shuffle Side Table by new Heal's designer Mia Hamborg is a real highlight of the Autumn/Winter collection. The piece is inspired by Nordic wooden turning traditions and is given a contemporary twist with the mid century-style colour palate. However, the most innovative feature is that you can actually take the table apart and rebuild the modular pieces in which ever order you'd like. It's a truly original piece that will no doubt become a modern classic.

The Shuffle Side Table is £449 from Heal's. See the website for more details.

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Splay oak chair from Heal’s

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The Splay oak chair is another 1950s-style design, courtesy of Heal's new Scandinavian design for living range. 

This isn't a design they've plucked from their archive but one that's simply been inspired by the period. Made from oak, with a stylish curved back and topped off with a green wool seat, the chair has the good looks to see it through many more decades to come.  

The chair costs £250. 

Buy it online