Design Porn: Vitra Omar The Owl Wall Clock

My love of owls is pretty well-documented on the internet. Whether it's crazy, creepy yellow tights or my ceramic bedside lamp, I love 'em. Perhaps I identify with their dopey, grumpy stare or the way everyone thinks of them as intelligent, despite no real evidence. So this Seventies style wall clock from George Nelson at Heals is right up my street.

At £75, it's more special present than payday treat. Kitchens are hard to make cute, especially in a rented house, but little touches like this can give a practical room personality. And it just so happens that my personality is a slightly stary nocturnal beast, just like this.