Retro seems to be the new Modern with everything going retro, from motorcycle helmets to homeware. This retro radio alarm clock is a great example of mixing the modern with the old.  Using retro design with a modern digital clock and radio you get best of both words.

It looks great from the front or the back.

This great design won’t cost you the earth either you can pick one up for £22.95 from Ochigo.co.uk who also have a great variety of other clocks in both retro or modern design.

Has there been an easier way to chop garlic then just rolling the Garlic Zoom over the top of your kitchen counter a bit like a toy car? I think not! The simplicity of this little device is perfect for easily chopping garlic on demand and it looks great too.

Simply load it with garlic and pull it back and forward a few times and you have an end product with very little fuss and no extra mess.

You can lay your hands on one of these from the colloco.co.uk website for £7.95. It was a really hard decision to pick this out from the site as there were so many other great products for sale, colloco.co.uk is a bright, funky yet functional website worth  definite look.

There has to be a mention to the designers of the product chef’n who’s mantra of Tasteful Ingenuity comes through on this product, some other great designs on the site too.

The summer is here and despite the UK weather being a little unpredictable the popularity of fans has never been higher. Years ago you would never find fans in every shop you walk into , now they are around every corner. But those with a little style can’t have just any old fan you need one that looks as cool as it feels.

This is where the Otto Fan comes in , to say it looks stunning is an understatement it really stands out from the plastic ridden fans that most places sell. The design says a few things; Strong , solid, powerful and funky. It oozes confidence and gives you the confidence it will do it’s job, so stop hiding the fan away in the corner , sit it in the middle of the room and let it blow some cool into your home.

Found on pedlars.co.uk (Pedlars web store) it costs £295.00 but it looks like it could last forever and you will be hard pushed to find a better looking fan for your home.

Created by car manufacturers F A Porsche, The Siemens Porsche Second Generation Kettle is a precision design. This cordless kettle in matt aluminium with black detailing is not just a designer kettle, its powerful enough to heat water to 100°C in under 2 minutes. Available at Heals for a knockdown price of under a £100!

No kitchen should be without a salad spinner, especially if you like salad,hat better way is to dry your salad? This salad spinner from Russell Hobbs goes much further that a run of the mill spinner though. It can cut, wash and dry your salad and all without you having to lift a finger, as it’s all electrical.  At a mere £29.56 + P & P from QVC it’s a bargain too.

In the age of being a fit, lean mean fighting machine any serious about looking after themselves needs some gadgets to measure how their latest fitness / healthy eating regime is getting along. As the name suggests the equilibrium bathroom scale goes beyond just measuring your weight, it can measure your body fat content and water content. Although made from plastic it still looks great and can store the measurements of upto 4 people.  You can buy this from Heals at a cost of £60.00 just make sure you don’t use if it you are pregnant or have a pace maker.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is world famous for it’s TV / Radio programs but not it’s homeware. Now if the truth be told I didn’t even know the BBC had a shop let alone a section of said shop dedicated to homeware. Well it does and you can see for yourself and in the shop I found this little treat.

For all Doctor Who fans this Cyberman AM/FM radio will be a great addition to the geek collection , and best of all it’s made for the shower so you will never have to be without Doctor who. It’s magic trick is eyes that light up when switched on , and how is this possible well “because of the unique way the BBC is funded by you ” .

Made from stainless steel and taken from a 1984 design by Italian Aldo Rossi, this miniature espresso maker is elegant and clean cut. At just 8cm high and 2.6cm wide this is a true miniature and designer Philippe Starck has done a great job adapting the original design into this product.

For prices and to buy go to questodesign.com

Looking like something out of a Hollywood movie set, this funky LED clock available at mylivingspace.co.uk has a little hidden secret. It can display any of 16 pre-programmed messages using it’s scrolling LED display. So the next time you have a message for your other half such as ‘Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast’ or want to respond with ‘Your dinner is in the dog’ then all you have to do is put it into the clock and hey presto. Before you think you can put something crude into the innocent looking clock I’m afraid that it has an anti-swear filter so – Don’t Do It.