This week’s Five Finds include the new collection from Danish store BoConcept and some fabulous cake plates from Liberty. I hope you enjoy them.
First up the +smart launch from BoConcept which is a collaboration between the Danish homestore and the smart car brand to create the “smart fortwo BoConcept signature style”. There’s a lot of spraff about how the two companies are both about providing smart urban design, which is pretty much true, but you don’t want to read all that do you? Thought not. Here’s the stuff, and, I have to say, it is pretty smart.
I love this rug, which costs £649, the swivel chair is £2,214 and the range includes a number of accessories, including the clock, which is £119, standing on the table for £389.
Next up these fabulous plates from Jimbob, a London-based designer otherwise known as James Ward, whose plates and mugs are now stocked at Liberty. I think I might have to have all the plates, which costs £27.95 but they are wonderful.
Monochrome is a strong trend for 2013, it seems you can’t open a magazine without seeing pages and pages of models in black and white stripes and the interiors business is never far behind the catwalk. This pulp pendant light made from old newspapers is bang on trend. I wish they’d make one from the Financial Times, where I work – I love that combination of pink and black. This is from Folklore a brilliant homeware store that sources goods which are made to last.
Fourth up is this Finnish milk and sugar jug from Caroline McGrath. I have loved this for ages and it now comes in black or white. It’s the perfect combination of fabulous design with a bit of gadget thrown in. It’s called Newton, something to do with the gravitational force which means that as you pour the milk, the sugar bowl tilts gently and never spills. It’s almost enough to make me want sugar in my coffee.
And finally (as they say) … What about this? The German company, Fashion for Home, which recently launched over here, has included in its collection a range of furniture made from old trade ships which used to sail on the Rivers Pearl, Yangtze, and Li.
Apparently some of the wood dates back to the Qing Dynasty, which, to save you a Google search, was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1911, which doesn’t make it necessarily as old as you thought it was going to be. Anyway, the age doesn’t really matter, the point is that the furniture is rather good. My favourite is this chair which costs £349.
So there you have it, this week’s five finds. Which is your favourite?
