Category: Art and Photography

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Aardvark Pause and Wonder print – part of new V&A ‘Cherry on the Cake’ collection

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Pause and wonder

Remember Aardvark's Manifesto print? It urged you to do things like bake a cake, write a letter and play a kazoo. Well, Aardvark are back and have produced a new Pause and Wonder print along a similar vein, part of the V&A shop's new Cherry on the Cake collection. 

For the Cherry on the Cake collection designers were commissioned to create work inspired by the museum and its principles. Here Aardvark have gone back to the principles of the museum's founder, Henry Cole, for inspiration and depicted them in their trademark style as a letterpress print – here we are urged to marvel, learn and imagine. 

Works from eleven further designers make up the collection, including Retro To Go regulars like Lisa Jones, Angie Lewis and James Brown each producing interesting responses to the brief. 

This print retails for £25. 

Buy it online

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1960s “Leave Your Luggage Here” Posters

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Fears and Kahn have a stock of rare “Leave Your Luggage Here” Posters.

The posters were created for British Transport in the 1960s and there are five designs available. Pictured here is one designed by Roger J Bigg. There is also a design by Harry Steven from 1968 and one by Daphne Padden, as well as two whose artists are now unknown. They are priced between £425 and £495.

Contact Fears and Kahn for further information.

Categories / Art and Photography, Books

This is Tomorrow: reprint of original 1956 catalogue

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This is tomorrow

The 1956 This is Tomorrow exhibition, held at London's Whitechapel Gallery, is widely regarded as one of the seminal exhibitions in British art of the second half of the twentieth century, arguably heralding the start of the British Pop Art scene. To accompany a display looking at the exhibition, the Whitechapel are printing a facsimile of the original catalogue. 

That's 132 pages, including 100 black and white images, looking at the work artists, architects and theorists produced for the exhibition. The long role call includes such name as Eduardo Paolozzi, Erno Goldfinger, Lawrence Alloway and Richard Hamilton who exhibited his famous 'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?' collage in the show. The only difference between that and the original is a two page insert from the current director and the archive curator of the Whitechapel. 

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Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Warhol-style 15 Minutes silkscreen mirror by Imbue

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Yes, you too can have your 15 minutes of fame as a pop art icon, courtesy of this 15 Minutes silkscreen mirror by Imbue.

Brighton-based artist Imbue is best known for images that take familiar everyday logos and imagery and manipulate them to them a new twist – which is certainly the case here. Taking Andy Warhol's Marilyn image as the basis, this is a three-colour screenprint that's been printed onto perspex, which means you can hang it and see yourself in the centre. What could be better than that?

Sized at 20 x 20 inches, signed by the artist and limited to just 10, you can secure one online for £200.

Find out more at the Art Republic website

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Paul Thurlby alphabet prints now available as cards

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Cast your mind back towards the end of last year and you may remember Paul Thurlby's great alphabet prints. If you liked those, you'll be pleased to learn they've become even more accessible as they've been made into greetings cards.

As a quick recap, each letter of the alphabet has its own devoted illustration, all depicted in a great retro style. And the price means that for just over £50 you could purchase an entire alphabet – a great idea for a kids room. 

Each card costs £2. As it says here, awesome!

Buy them from Nineteenseventythree

Categories / Art and Photography, Homeware

Mid-century homewares print by MadebyAnna

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Turquoise collection

This print from MadebyAnna is exactly what it claims to be: it's a collection of mid-century homewares, depicted in turquoise.

It's the work of Anna Betts, an illustration student and this is a digital print of an original collage. There's a sewing machine, scales, typewriter and other covetable goods, topped off by the retro type and – of course – the turquoise colouring. 

The print is A2 size and available for £30. 

Buy it from her Etsy store 

via Print & Pattern