Showing posts with the label Vintage

Carlo Mollino's Casa Cattaneo furnishings go to auction

London auction house Christie’s  will present a collection of furnishings from the Casa Cattaneo, designed in 1953 by Carlo Mollino, the most sought-after Italian designer of the twentieth century, i…

Bug Jam 2012: Volkswagen Classic Car Festival

The 26th annual Bug Jam festival saw VW enthusiasts at the Santa Pod Raceway, Northampton for cars, camping, beer, mud and music. Highlights included monstertruck and motocross stunt shows, the vinta…

Inside The Old Cinema: vintage retail

Once a Victorian picturehouse, this vintage department store in leafy Chiswick has a vast range of stock split over three floors sourced from around the world, including period antiques, 1970s Danish…

Retro living for birds

US Etsy shop Strictly For The Birds specialises in retro-styled bird houses inspired by camper vans from the 1940s and 50s. Made of aluminium sheeting and plywood, the houses are suitable for many s…

LDF preview: domesticMATTERS

Photo by Jan Baldwin London gallery Contemporary Applied Arts will be transformed into the home of a Modernist furniture collector during the London Design Festival this September. The exhibition, c…

HBL Book of the Week: Alastair Morton & Edinburgh Weavers

Fishermen by Keith Vaughan for Edinburgh Weavers, 1956 Fantastic for textile inspiration, Alistair Morton & Edinburgh Weavers: Visionary Textiles and Modern Art by Lesley Jackson ( V&A Publis…

Classic design goes under the hammer

Pair of solid elm night stands by Pierre Chapo, 1965, estimated at €1500-2500 French auction house Artcurial will tonight auction off 208 lots of classic pieces by designers including Charlotte Perri…

Live from: Brimfield Antique Market

Brimfield Antique & Collectables Show in Brimfield, Massachusetts, is one of the largest and best-known vintage markets in the US. Vendors bring their best, most relevant wares to the show, and…

Diesel Social Kitchen at EuroCucina

The Diesel Social Kitchen , presented by Scavolini at EuroCucina, is a modular kitchen concept designed to expand the kitchen into a fully social space with a "lived-in" feel. Vintage-effe…

The USB Typewriter by Jack Zylkin

Injecting modernity into a technology nearing extinction and satisfying die-hard fans of the old fashioned manual typewriter, the USB Typewriter has been developed to offer vintage typing mechanisms…

Sunbury Antiques Market: vintage inspiration

Antique dealers and enthusiasts flocked to Kempton Park in Sunbury on Tuesday for the bi-monthly antique market. Attracted by the variety of vintage furniture, books and household accessories, new an…
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