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• Puma Suede reporter bag
• eBay watch: 1960s Joe Colombo Elda armchair
• Creepy Tree retro-style greetings cards and wrapping paper
• Mick Jagger: Young in the 60s photo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
• For sale: 1930s six-bedroom art deco property in Templeogue Road, Dublin

Puma Suede reporter bag Posted: 08 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT Interesting idea from Puma, match up retro sports bag with its classic trainers. As it has done here with the Puma Suede reporter bag. Available in four colours (red, green, blue and black), it's apparently modelled after the classic Puma Suede trainers, an early 70s basketball shoe and regular on the reissue circuit. It's made of velour leather, with a double zip, adjustable strap, Puma contrast log, some branding in gold and plenty of capacity - enough for a laptop for example. £45 gets you one directly fro m Puma. Find out more at the Puma website

eBay watch: 1960s Joe Colombo Elda armchair Posted: 08 May 2011 12:32 PM PDT You can buy them in the UK, although they're both expensive and incredibly hard to find. So this used version of the iconic Joe Colombo Elda armchair could be worth considering, if you want one in your home. Amazingly, it sates back to 1963, although it's generally considering a seat of the 70s - perhaps because of its widespread use in sci-fi movies and TV shows of that era. For your money you get a reinforced ABS plastic swivel seat, with a plush interior of contrasting leather, in this case brown. The current owner has had it for a few years, but describes it as being in 'good condition' with 'a few marks' from age on the shell and obviously, some wear on the leather. £2,300 is the price. Find out more at the eBay website

Creepy Tree retro-style greetings cards and wrapping paper Posted: 08 May 2011 11:31 AM PDT We've been meaning to feature Creepy Tree for some time, mainly because we love their retro-style greetings cards and wrapping paper. Most use cartoon-like images, which remind us a lot of the vintage travel posters of the 60s, the Royston Cooper ones in particular. Cards are available for virtually every occasion, with wrapping paper in colourful repeat designs. All are made and printed in an eco-friendly way and all are available online from the Brighton-based company. Cards are around £2 plus postage, with gift wrap around the same price per sheet. Find out more at the Creepy Tree website

Mick Jagger: Young in the 60s photo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery Posted: 08 May 2011 11:06 AM PDT It's easy to forget he was ever young, but Mick Jagger was Young in the 60s - and that's the name of a new photography exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The exhibition documents the singer's early rise and coincides with the British edition of the Arles publication Mick Jagger: The Photobook, being published by Thames and Hudson in May. It includes the first NPG image of Jagger, a Cecil Beaton shot taken in Morocco in 1967, as well as more recent acquisitions, include portraits of the singer by Gered Mankowitz, including one with his prized Aston Martin DB6, an image from the Rolling Stones's first official photo shoot by Philip Townsend, a previously unexhibited colour photograph by Colin Jones (1967), Michael Cooper's study of the Rolling Stones for the cover of their album Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) and Michael Joseph's decadent image of the group posing with a large menagerie of animals for the gatefold of the Beggar's Banquet album (1968). It runs from 3rd May - 27th November 2011 at the Bookshop Gallery, admisssion is free. National Portrait Gallery website Via Modculture

For sale: 1930s six-bedroom art deco property in Templeogue Road, Dublin Posted: 08 May 2011 10:58 AM PDT Big thanks to Greg Stevenson on Facebook and Under The Thatch on Twitter for flagging up this stunning 1930s six-bedroom art deco property in Templeogue Road, Dublin. But it does come with a good amount of notoriety. The house was built in 1939, but gained that notoriety in 1940 when the house was owned by a 'go-between' between the IRA and the German Nazi regime. Indeed, it was used as a safe house for an SS officer - and when it was raided by the police, the owner was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. The SS man had already departed. You can read the full story from the Irish Times here. That's all ancient history now, with the house escaping that past and making a name for itself as a stylish example of art deco architecture, with plenty of original features still included - a curved sitting room and master bedroom, a mix of marble and parquet floors, corner windows and tiled mantelpieces for example. However, there is a downside to this uniqueness. Other essential modernising is still to be done, including re-wiring, and updates to the kitchen and bathrooms. But on the plus side, there's plenty of room, with those six bedrooms, reception hall, inner hall, lounge, dining room, living room, study, kitchen, utility room and a bathroom with separate WC. There's also 1/2 acre of walled secluded gardens with a variety of mature trees, hedging, and lots of off street parking. If you want it, the asking price is €1,250,000. See the agent's site for lots more images. Find out more at the DNG website

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