For an alternative Valentine's Day print, take a look at this An Embrace of Rose print by Woop Studio.
Although this print obviously has a romantic feel, Woop Studio specialize in producing prints based around collection nouns, so take a look at their other designs based around things such as a Parliament of Owls or a Stand of Flamingos. All the prints are executed in the same retro style, reminiscent of the work of someone like Abram Games in the 1940s and 1950s.
If you liked The Prisoner poster we featured some weeks back, you'll be pleased to know that there's an euqlly-limited sequel of sorts – The Prisoner postcards by Piper Gates Design.
Like the poster, the set of postcards mixes iconic imagery from the cult TV series with the format of 1960s Penguin paperback books to great effect. Each set of eight postcards comes with a wallet to protect your purchase and each postcard in the set is signed and numbered by the artist.
See some larger versions of the images over the page or if you want to buy, limited numbers are for sale via eBay. £10.99 secures you a set.
If you are London based, you may want to check out some of the events designed to celebrated 100 years of Michelin House.
This distinctive building, on the corner of Fulham Road, was commissioned by the Michelin company as their first British HQ. They moved out in 1985 when it was bought by Terence Conran and Paul Hamlyn. The building now hosts the Conran Shop as well as the Bibendum oyster bar and remains as architecturally interesting as ever, decorated with stained glass, ornate tiles and combining a curious mixture of Art Nouveau and Art Deco influences.
Currently the front of the shop and a small display is devoted to the building's history, including some archive photographs and original advertising posters. As part of the celebrations, six of these iconic pieces of Michelin advertising, selected from their historic archive, have been re-issued by the Conran Shop on canvas – including the distinctive design above.
Unfortunately the prints are currently available in store only but prices start at £99 for a 72 x 52cm print.
Find out more about the prints and other instore events online.
Products featuring “ironic” 1950s housewives aren’t anything special and in most cases the joke has worn pretty thin, but Emma Pyrah’s “1950s Housewives” Collage are a different matter.
The retro housewives are depicted doing their chores set against a black & white background. On closer inspection, the women’s bodies are actually made up of images cut frommagazines and advertisements. There are several different designs to chose from, but they all cost £45.
We're not going to pretend these are cheap, but if you have money to invest and want to invest it in art, Sir Peter Blake has two new limited edition prints on the market – Vera Puzzle and 24 Flags.
Both are part of his 'Found Art' series, as well as as being giclee prints with a silkscreen glaze and in a signed limited edition of just 25 of each. The flags one, as you can see, is a collage of Union Jack images, while the Vera Puzzle artwork, which is pictured over the page, is inspired by vintage Mickey Mouse imagery.
Both are sized at 36 x 42 inches and both are available now for £2,500 each.
More art and another product inspired by old vinyl! The Tossed Vinyl Wall Art is a digital print of randomly scattered records.
The close-ups of albums are set against a stark white background, which provides a contrast with the black vinyl and gives the piece a Sixties op-art look. The canvas measures 20 by 30 inches.
