We've featured plenty of vintage-style holdalls in the past, but the Walk on Water Bowler Bag offers something extra - it even doubles up to protect your laptop or notebook.

Offering up stylish vintage looks (not unlike a bowling bag), it's made from imitation leather with a durable 'rip stop' lining and offers up two storage compartments, as well as a removable padded 15-inch laptop sleeve, should you want to use it for work too.

Designed by Peter Carlberger and available online, it sells for £98.

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Via Modculture

With the Less and More Dieter Rams exhibition running at London's Design Museum right now, it seems like the perfect time to release Braun: Fifty Years of Design and Innovation by Bernd Polster.

Rams, of course, was the design driving force for the German lifestyle brand, producing iconic designs for Braun's flagship electronics and home appliances, designs that have massively influenced the modern era - just look at Apple's current roster of products against Braun's output of the 60s and 70s for a compare and contrast exercise.

Braun's systematic approach and design principles are highlighted in this 504-page hardback book, supported by 560 illustrations and photographs which combine to show how product deesign became every but as important as product functionality. Available now, it sells for just under £28.

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Via Switched On Set

Shoppers have quickly become a must have accessory since the crack down on plastic bag usage. For fashion lovers this is no bad thing with options like this Face Print Bag from New Look.

The roomy shopper features a statement comic-style print reminiscent of the pulp fiction covers of the fifties and beyond. With a speech bubble saying "The IT Bag" in various languages for a little added wit, this bag is a worthy replacement for your tattered bags for life.

It's available now from New Look for £14.

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