Categories / Art and Photography

Uncle Tommy Handkerchief by Simon Cook and Lucy Jay


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A collaboration between graphic designer Simon Cook and silk scarf designer Lucy Jay has resulted in this fantastic range of six silk handkerchiefs including "Uncle Tommy" featured above.

The two designers have mixed black and white images with bold graphics to elevate the mundane into something extraordinary, combining colours and shapes to kaleidoscopic effect. One of these would certainly liven up your top pocket but would look equally good in a frame.

The handkerchiefs measure 22cm x 22cm and are made of silk crepe de chine.

They cost £24 each and all six are available on the Stone and Spear website here.

Categories / Art and Photography

Swing High by Helen Ingham Limited Edition Print

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Pedlars has done it again with another great limited edition print. 

The latest in their long line of exclusives is Swing High by Helen Ingham, which is restricted to 32 editions. The artist specialises in using letterpresswith this particular design using traditional wooden type and hand-carved lino block and is printed onto cotton rag paper using period machinery. Besides the old-fashioned techniques used, the print is also worth considering for its delightful retro image of two woman on a swing boat.

The prints cost £595 from Pedlars.

Categories / Art and Photography, Music

Limited edition God Save The Kinks screenprint by Hand Drawn Creative

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If you are a fan of the legendary British band, Neal McCullough of Hand Drawn Creative just might have the thing for you – this God Save The Kinks screenprint.

This is the first of three screenprints inspired by the band, this one using a Herb Lubalin typeface for the slogan, followed by up by the complete lyrics from the 'Village Green Preservation Society' track in a Trade Gothic font. All of it on a 'ketchup red' background.

You can see a close-up shot over the page. Only fifteen of these 500 x 700mm (19.7 x 27.5") prints have been made, all hand-printed on 220gsm cream Fabriano stock, as well as being numbered and signed by the artist. You can secure one for $45 (£28.18) on Etsy.

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Categories / Art and Photography, Food and Drink

Campbell’s Condensed Soup returns – in an original Warhol-style tin

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Good news for food and art lovers – Campbell's Condensed Soup is back on the shelves.

Well, we say food lovers. Not everyone loves the stuff. But there's an added reason why we're getting excited over the return. The cans of soup are back in Tesco from this week, in a choice of Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Tomato, Cream of Chicken and Cream of Celery, plus a Low Fat Chicken and Low Fat Mushroom, with one in particular peaking our interest.

As you can see from the image above, the mushroom is the one to grab. It comes in the original 1960s-style tin, meaning it doubles up as a piece of Warhol-style art for your kitchen. In fact, at just 50p a tin, you can grab a pile of them for displaying, especially as they have a two-year plus sell-by date. But be warned – shelves of the vintage tin are already emptying fast.

Campbell's Soup website

Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Picasso cushion collection at the Conran Shop

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Coming next month to the Conran Shop is the new Picasso cushion collection, a range that has been developed exclusively for the Conran Shop, in association with the Picasso Foundation.

The latest cushions feature three different pieces of the great man's artwork – Matador (1970), Portrait of a woman with a hat (1962) and Head of the Woman (1962). All have been created by specialist craftsmen at a mill outside Paris, the cushions combining the traditions of tapestry with art that is anything but traditional.

All are available from September for £69 each. if you can't wait that long, the original collection of three designs is still available online for the same price.

Find out more at the Conran Shop website

Categories / Art and Photography, Film and TV

Limited edition UFO Mindbender print by Piper Gates Design

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Very much in the same style as the recent Jason King print comes this limited edition UFO Mindbender print by Piper Gates Design.

Again, influenced by Giannetto Coppola’s work for Penguin, this is a tribute to the Mindbender episode of the cult live action Gerry Anderson show, as well as its lead character, Ed Straker.

The poster is sized at 30 x 40cm, printed on 170 gram paper and is limited to just 15 copies. If you want one, it is being sold via eBay at a 'buy it now' price of £9.99. See a shot of it in a frame over the page.

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