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eBay watch: Finnmirror 1970s mirror

Finn

Not the most eye-catching item we've ever featured, but this Finnmirror mirror has some style and a very low price tag.

It's a Scandinavian design, produced by Finnmirror in Finland around 1970 and sold in Habitat stores 'back in the day'. It's very much of that era – a rounded, plastic frame in a pale grey.

There is some slight damage to the rear – check the description for that – but nothing too alarming by the sound of it. If you want to go for it, the mirror is just 99p right now.

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eBay watch: 1970s Ekstreme Chair by Terje Ekstrom

Ekstreme

I think the new ones retail for between £600 and £700, so this Ekstreme Chair by Terje Ekstrom seems quite a bargain.

Ekstrom originally designed it back in 1972, but the chair didn't go into production by Stokke (now Varier) until the 1980s. As much a piece of sculpture as a seat, it's got a metal frame with a cushioned cloth covering and by all accounts is very comfortable.

This example is described as being on 'good condition', with some stitching to the main seat. So not perfect, but at £100, priced well.

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Categories / Design and Interiors

1960s Frandsen Ball floor light

Frand

Yes, hot on the heels of the wall light varation comes the Frandsen Ball floor light.

Like the wall lights, the Ball floor light is a variation of the original 1969 Danish design, keeping that distinctive round shade, but finishing things off with a matching stem and base, plus transparent cord. The whole things stands around 150cm tall.

Choose from red, white or black, all selling for £207.

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Categories / Design and Interiors

Frandsen Ball 1960s wall lights

Ball

We featured the reissue of the pendant lights some time back, but now the Frandsen Ball is back as a wall light.

It's a simple and stylish Danish design that dates back to 1969, the wall version offering up that metallic dome in a chrome or a coloured finish, with a transparent cord that also includes the on/off switch.

There's an almost endless number of colour options if you shop around, all selling for around the £53 mark.

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eBay watch: 1960s Hans Agne Jakobsson-designed pine ceiling lamp

Jacob

A great piece of vintage design – and this Hans Agne Jakobsson-designed pine ceiling lamp costs next to nothing right now.

Designed by Jakobsson in the 60s or possibly early 70s, it's a great midcentury-inspired piece, made of nine concentric pine laminates circles held by three vertical pine structures and organised so that they form a gap between each other. For the light to escape obviously.

Described as being in 'very good condition' and 'in full working order', it's currently available for just 99 pence.

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Elle Deco Sanna Annukka mug for Shelter

Shelter mug

Good cause, great design and an opportunity for a nice cup of tea – what's not to like about the Elle Deco Sanna Annukka mug produced to raise money for Shelter

One of several artists asked by Elle Deco to contribute to this project to raise money for the charity, Sanna Annukka's folk-inspired designs are no stranger to this site and this limited edition mug reflects her style. Apparently she looked to summer flowers for her inspiration and it has translated into a bold decorative design, with the red and black looking striking against the white of the Churchill mug, as well as reflecting the colours of the Shelter logo. 

The other mugs in the set have a more contemporary feel with designs by Stephen Jones and Richard Woods. 

The mugs cost £7 each with 50% of the selling price going to Shelter.  

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