You could explore the green theme in your bathroom with the Olive Puddle or Racing Green Puddle glaze tiles (both £93.50 per sq m,

Slick surface: The concrete hauteville chair by Lyon Breton available at Amara for £349

For a more decorative nod to the museum, Tile Giant has a new range based on pieces from the V&A archive.

A tap that sends the water flowing through it into a swirling vortex pattern could help reduce the amount of water used by households.

Trajan’s Column is a white shade in homage to the plaster cast of the Roman Triumphal column dating from the 1st century AD, and Reuben Red reflects the rouge used in Victorian fabrics.

It comes in sheepskin (in the sale from £4,674.15, Embrace British craft

The tap is operated by touching a switch on the top.

Mr Qiu says the desing allows water to come out at the same pressure as a standard faucet but uses less water.

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He said: ‘It’s a very simple design.

I’ve used two turbines to create the effect, with one making the water flow clockwise and the other anticlockwise.

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The designer of the Swirl tap claims the hollow vortex of water created by the faucet can save around 15 per cent more water than standard taps.

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