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Stylist: Susanna Powell

Spring homes 2012: best of British design – in pictures

Best of British Design: Best of British Design: Racing Track
From left: Race rocker, reissue of original 1948 design by Ernest Race, £726, from Race Furniture. Cape made from Roses linen (lipstick pink on oyster), and umbrella made from Reverse Toile Red linen, each £179.73/m, both from Bennison. Bottle handwoven rattan lamp with scalloped shade, £3,200, from Soane. Geometric handmade sculptures, £600 for sets of five, by Bridie Hall at Home, from Ben Pentreath. Zeffirelli chair, waxed English oak frame with a white saddle leather seat, £3,996, from Ochre. 1948 London Olympics poster cushion, £48, from Jan Constantine. Entering the Hamman wallpaper, £50/roll, from Fired Earth. Photograph: Anders Gramer
Best of British Design: Best of British Design: Birds
From top: Brass owl door knocker, £34, from The Door Knocker Company. ­Spitfire thank you card, £18/box of 10, from Honeytree. Rachel Whiteread official Olympics poster, £6.99, from Allposters. Wooden handmade birds, inspired by the V&A’s collections, £85 each (including a nesting box), by Matt Sewell, from the V&A Shop. Shoelasts painted in Trapeze blue and Stilt Walker green soya oil-based paint, £38/2.5 litre, from Olive Loves Alfie. English rush tablemat, made from bulrushes harvested along the rivers Ouse, Nene and Avon, £24, from Toast. Photograph: Anders Gramer
Best of British Design: Best of British Design: Chair
From top: London lamp, £389, from Original BTC. Verdure tapestry in green (ref 320465), based on an Elizabethan design, £75/122cm repeat, from the Arden Collection by Melissa White for Zoffany. Antelope chair, reissue of original by Ernest Race for the Royal Festival Hall Terrace to celebrate the Festival of Britain in 1951, £450, exclusive to the V&A Shop. Queens mugs, made in Stoke on Trent, £12 each, from Churchill. Vivid ceramic wall tiles, made in Stoke on Trent, £34/pack of 17 in 10 colours, from Johnson Tiles. Photograph: Anders Gramer
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