This rocket cocktail shaker oozes space age style, with a sleek, metallic body, capsule-esque cap, lid and strainer. It even sits on its own launch-ready shaker stand.
An imposing 28cm high when on its stand, this is definitely a piece of barware that will impress your guests.
It’s priced at £34.99. Order it from Rockett St George — via Retro To Go
This is a actually the last house Frank Lloyd Wright designed. But sadly, he wasn’t around to see the Lykes Home in Phoenix, Arizona, USA actually get constructed.
The plans date back to 1959. That’s right, the year of the legendary architect’s death. It was designed for Norman and Aimee Lykes, who then took on Wright’s apprentice, John Rattenbury to finish those plans and oversee its construction.
Building began in 1967, with the house completed in 1968, with the Lykes living in the house until 1994. A year later it was fully renovated by the second owners, updating for their own needs, but without ripping out the heart of the place.
This place is on the market for $3,600,000 — via WowHaus
When Archmongers were tasked with designing a set of stairs that lead to a roof terrace for a home in London, they decided to go with something a bit different. The stairs were designed as a kit of interlocking parts, which give changing views and stimulate interest from every angle — via CONTEMPORIST
This Campervan magazine rack by Balvi is sure to inspire a spot of wanderlust — especially if you use it to store your travel magazines. Based on the design of the old school campers, this rack is made from metal, and looks rather fine carrying some magazines around.
Plenty of choice as to colour as well, with five different shades to pick from.
You can pick one up for £19.99. Order it from Red Candy — via Retro To Go
Sergi Pons designed this contemporary apartment inside a 19th century building in Barcelona, Spain — via CONTEMPORIST
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Create your own tile pattern that’s anywhere from a perfectly symmetrical geometric design to a chaotic maze of your own creation with a fun interactive product called Roll
. You might not think a simple hexagonal tile printed with a line down the centre and two semi-circles on either side could be the basis for virtually limitless design variations, but the creators have switched it up in all different ways to show just how versatile it really is.
Dreamed up by design studio Dsignio for Peronda Fashion Lab, Roll can be used to create graphic designs in a range of colour combinations, from muted blue and gray to a cheerful citron accented by crisp white. The possible patterns include zig-zags, organic-looking waves, lines and circles, traditional striped effects and results with a hint of the psychedelic — via Dornob
With the clean lines associated with the zippiest vintage European race cars, Restoration Hardware’s Roadster Scoot for kids is a beautiful toy car — that allows children between the ages of two and four to get behind the wheel and power it along. It’s pedal-free (meaning it’s foot-powered) and comes with padded seating, a working steering wheel and silver-walled rubber tyres. Altogether, it’s a smooth and beautiful ride — via Cool Hunting
As we prepare to ring in 2016, Mode is showcasing 11 dapper decades of gentlemanly New Year’s Eve style, from 1915 to today. Raise your glass as 100 years of men’s party attire evolves before your eyes — via Youtube
When the Central Library in Madison, Wisconsin underwent a major renovation a few years ago, Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle Architectureincluded these reading caves in their design for the renewed space. The caves are an ideal way to find a quiet space and spend some quality time enjoying a book, which is exactly what the library wanted to encourage with the newly designed 21st century library — via CONTEMPORIST
Kay Bojesen is known for his wooden toys, especially his monkey. In the 1950s he also created these alphabet blocks for Danish schools, which have recently been reissued.
Made from beech, they are a variety of curved and straight block shapes from which children can build letters or spell out words and messages. The blocks come in their own wooden carry case so they’re also easily packed away.
The set is priced at £79 — via Retro To Go
The Lamborghini Miura from the opening of The Italian Job is alive and well.If you have the money, it could be in your garage too.
The car is a 1968 Miura P400, one of two used in the opening scenes of the classic Michael Caine film — via Retro To Go
They don’t come cheap, but these Rocket salt and pepper grinders by Suck UK look amazing.
Based on a classic retro rocket, there are two versions available in a choice of a light or dark hardwood, each one standing at a considerable 36.5cm high.
They look good and when your guests want some seasoning, they are guaranteed to make an impact at the table too. As we said they don’t come cheap, with each one selling for £60 — via Retro To Go
This image is part of an ad campaign for the Cité de l’Architecture in Paris — via BLDGBLOG
This cam-gear mechanism is an essential part of Chicken Point Cabin house by Olson Kundig Architects. Thanks to it the huge window-wall with size 9 x 6m can be easily opened even by a child — via Youtube
Carles Enrich designed the elevator that will improve the accessibility to the old town centre in Gironella, Spain — via ArchDaily
Featherweight fabric has a smooth sheet-like weight and finish, designed for those who like cooler bedding on warm nights. All item have come standard with a solid cream colour reverse side — via Etsy
As part of the renovation of a house in Brussels, Belgium, architects Edouard Brunet and François Martens, included a new staircase that has been suspended from the upper floor. It travels almost all the way to the floor below, but the last few steps are completed by a path through a wood storage unit — via CONTEMPORIST
Weird anthropomorphic, gaudily painted concrete octopus slides lurk within hundreds of Japanese playgrounds, silently traumatising generations of kids. These playground octopi climbing frame/slide installations are so common and have been around for so long, it’s really no surprise Japanese parents are nonplussed by their ominous presence — doubtless they played on the very same structures when they were kids — via Urbanist
The Greenville Zoo, in South Carolina, celebrated the birth of two female Ocelot kittens on 15 August. The kittens are the first offspring for parents Evita and Oz, who are four years old. This is the first successful birth of this species for the Greenville Zoo, which is one of only two Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) institutions to breed Ocelots this year — ZooBorns
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