Glimpse Online’s latest eco design
Made out of reinforced cardboard, the Edge coffee table, £350 from Glimpse Online, is as eco friendly as it is bold, bright and beautiful. Sustainable design at its very loudest.
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Tags: Coffee table, Glimpse Online.
Swede clarity: Muuto’s Wood lamp is another fine example of great Scandiwegian design
Scandiwegians are all blonde, eat herring, and sit in saunas all day. Except presumably they occasionally take a break from steaming – and from being so lazily stereotyped – to create the pared-down products they’re so famous for. The latest bit of Nordic loveliness is this Wood Lamp by Muuto, £149 from Skandium, and it really is as simple as it is visually stunning. You may not live in a bleached-wood warehouse overlooking a fjord, but this light will help you feel like you could.
Posted in: Homes, Homes news, Lighting.
Tags: Muuto, Scandiwegian, Wood lamp.
A load of hot air: even balloons are chic at Bouf.com
If you thought silly games were just for children, you’ve clearly not been to a garden party in recent years. Dressing up, organised fun – they’re de rigeur for the former-festival goer who’s now settling into grown-up life in Notting Hill. And with their wittily opulent chandelier motif, these balloons, £6.99 for three from Bouf.com, are ideal for the obligatory game of Pass-the-balloon-from-person-to-person-without-using-your-hands.
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Tags: Balloons.
Out on the tiles: Mibo’s collection of tile tattoos
As someone going through the long and painful process of getting a tattoo removed from my arm, I can tell you that permanent body inkage is never a good idea. Mibo’s tile tattoos, £12.15 per pack of ten, however, are a brilliant style update. Instant 70s chic – and easily peeled off when you get bored.
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Tags: Tile tattoos.
A bug’s life: Barbara Coupe’s creepy crawly cushions
Rentokil is reporting a rise in infestations because more people are going abroad and unwittingly bringing unwelcome visitors back with them in their luggage. Sometimes, though, bugs pop up in such a way that nobody calls the exterminator. A couple of years ago it was Lou Rota with her beetle-motif plates, and now it’s Barbara Coupe’s hand-embroidered cushions, £55 each.
www.barbaracoup.co.uk/cushions
Posted in: Cushions, Homes, Homes news.
Tags: Barbara Coupe, Bug motif, Cushions.
Come Diner With Me: Drinkstuff’s new retro kitchens
With a nod to both old-school Americana and the diner in Home and Away comes the new Hollywood Booth Dining Set, from £649.99 from Drinkstuff.com. Accessorise with leather jackets, waitresses on skates and a jukebox that goes quiet the second the school stud walks in.
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Tags: Drinkstuff.com, Hollywood Booth, Kitchens.
Put your feet up: The Conran Shop launches a slouchy new chair
It’s apparently “a beanbag chair that sits and fits like a glove” but it’s the name of this new chair, £995 from the Conran Shop, that we’re loving so much. Yep, it really is called the Lazy Bastard. Since when did middle-England’s fave design shop get so sweary?
Posted in: Chairs, Homes, Homes news.
Tags: conranshop.co.uk, Lazy Bastard.
Best of British: SCP launches a very home-grown spring collection
Despite launching in Paris at Maison et Objet in January, SCP’s new spring collection is decidedly home-grown. All made in the UK, and now available to buy in store it includes a collection of lighting by Terence Woodgate, from £90, some clocks by Farrow, from £117, and some upholstered furniture by Donna Wilson, from £195.
Posted in: Chairs, Clocks, Homes, Homes news, Lighting.
Claridges launches its annual Easter Egg
From March 13th, Claridges launches its annual Easter egg, £45, – and this time around the design has been inspired by the hotel’s own checkerboard lobby. They’re only making 100, and each one is filled with handmade truffles. Because sometimes, a bar of Dairy Milk just won’t do.
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Tags: Claridges.
Mother’s Day treats: Jane Packer flowers and choccys plus a £10 Wysteria Lane gift voucher all-in-one
Time to start thinking about Mother’s Day… So what’s it to be: flowers? chocolates? or perhaps both together? We’ve happened upon a lovely Mother’s day gift box that can be delivered straight to the important lady’s door. This Jane Packer Powder Pink Hatbox, £45, is full to bursting of gorgeous pink roses, and comes with a box of luxury handmade choccys and a £10 Wysteria Lane online gift voucher. Simply order at Wysterialane.co.uk by 1pm on 12th March to ensure delivery for Mother’s Day.
Posted in: Gifts, Homes, Homes news.
Tags: Jane Packer, Mother's Day, Wysteria Lane.
One of the grates: Conran Shop’s Well Considered range is as fun as it is functional
The ethos behind the Conran’s Shop Well Considered range is that of good, simple, and affordable design. It includes some wonderfully sensible classic wine glasses, and a pair of perfectly solid Bentwood chairs, but it’s this bonkers cheese grater light, for a mere £29, that we’re fawning all over.
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Tags: Conran, Well Considered.
Flight of fancy: Occa-Home’s new birdie clocks
Give yourself the constant reminder of how much more successful the early bird is with this Freebird clock, £100, from Occa-Home. You may still be running late, but at least you had good intentions.
Posted in: Clocks, Homes, Homes news.
Tags: Bird, Clock, Occa-Home.
In with the old: new vintage homewares website Wintersmoon.co.uk
Could Julia Grant and Rebecca Joy have better surnames for what they do? Their new company, Wintersmoon.co.uk takes vintage furniture and knick-knacks and lovingly restores them to their former glory, giving them a new lease of life. It was hard to choose just three products to showcase, but our quick pick includes this 1950’s buttoned chair in vintage fabric, £390, floral tin, £8, and enamel coffee pot, £18.
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Tags: Vintage furniture, WintersMoon.
Tea lights: Original BTC’s quirky new lampshades
Call it the Alice in Wonderland-effect, but quirky design is on the up. And Original BTC’s bone china teacup pendant, £64, and teapot pendant, £84, both from LightingMatters.co.uk, take the phrase “tea light” to its logical conclusion.
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Tags: BTC, LightingMatters.co.uk, Pendant lights, Tea lights.
Just a little crush: High street store Dwell raises the bar for the new season
Quietly taking over the high street, Dwell has become the stealth budget brand for interioristas in the know. What’s not to love about these teal drawers, £579, that look like they just rolled out of the Milan Furniture Fair? Or the “Just a little something I picked up in Murano” blue glass lamp, only £79? Or even the “Yeah, my mate Zaha Hadid rustled this up for me” coffee table, £229? *moves into nearest branch and sets up camp*
Posted in: Homes, Homes news, Interior Design.
Tags: Dwell, Interiors.
That’s a wrap: gorgeous greeting cards and gift paper at NineteenSeventyThree.com
The fantastically-named Emma Emmerson has been creating cards, wrapping paper and prints for the Tate Modern, Selfridges and the Conran Shop for years, and now she has her own website, Nineteenseventythree.com. Log on if you like folksy-cutesy designs and enjoy spending hours wrapping the perfect gift. Don’t bother if your friends just rip the paper off and go straight for what’s inside.
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Tags: Emma Emmerson, Greeting Cards, nineteenseventythree.com.
Starck contrast: Philippe’s new Zikmu iPod speakers for Parrot
Love him or hate him, Philippe Starck keeps on churning out designs that are aesthetically pleasing, if not totally practical. And his latest offering is the Zikmu for Parrot, £1000 – just place your iPod on top and it wirelessly plays through the megaphone-like speakers. It’s not out until April, and review samples are not available yet, so who knows whether they actually work? They do, however, look very sleek.
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Tags: iPod speakers, Parrot, Philippe Starck, Zikmu.
Norse code: Menu collaborates with Pernille Vea and Alexander Hasnaoui for some tattoo-inspired designs.
Here at StyleJunkee we love a collaboration and this one’s a three-way. Firstly, Danish design company Menu commissioned Pernille Vea for the award-winning thermo cup – which keeps tea hotter for longer – and now they’ve asked artist Alexander Hasnaoui to give them a quick revamp. His four tattoo-inspired designs are called Faith, Hope, Love and Luck, and are £24.95 each.
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Tags: Alexander Hasnaoui, Menu, Pernille Vea, thermo cup.
Great danes: Busk + Herzog bring their latest designs to London
Danish designers Busk + Herzog have just relocated to Shoreditch from Copenhagen, for no other reason than that: “You find surprises every time you go for a walk.” The duo walked off with the Good Design Award – originally established by Charles and Ray Eames – in December last year for their clean-lined True Love sofa, £2,304, and we’re also loving the ice cream palette of their Lotus chairs, £1,280 each, all from Inform Furniture.
Posted in: Furniture, Homes, Homes news.
Tags: Busk + Herzog, Furniture, Good Design Award.
Every dog has his day: Ben de Lisi’s latest cushion and cup designs for Debenhams
Ben de Lisi’s own line fashion collection may be no more, but he is barking up the right tree with his homeware range for Debenhams. Last season’s hit Ella doggy design is followed up with these new colourways. Cushions, £18 each, mugs £5 each.
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Tags: Ben de Lisi, Debenhams.
