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House Industries plywood prints

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More stylish artwork courtesy of House Industries, in this case with their plywood prints. 

Their prints are all based around fonts devised for the advertising industry between the 1930s and the 90s. One print actually reproduces the index to these fonts but the Banjo print pictured reproduces the alphabet and has a strong late 60s/70s look with the plywood material adding to the retro feel. Each print is pre-drilled to help with hanging them on your wall. 

The prints cost $100 each. 

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Max Dalton mid-century cocktail party cut-out set

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Aspire to the mid-century dream lifestyle but were born in the wrong decade and wrong country with the wrong budget? Live out your Mad Men-esque fantasies with this cocktail party cut-out set by Max Dalton. 

Like one of those paper dolls, you cut up the sheet and place the characters to replicate a swinging 60s soiree. The set includes everything from the house, to the car and the chairs and the slickly attired guests. There's a view of an assembled version over the page but, if the designs really appeal, you could frame the artwork as one piece. Fancy a barbecue instead? Well, you're in luck as Dalton's also designed one of them too with equal style. 

The prints start at $24.24, dependent on size. 

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Categories / Art and Photography, Books, Cars and Bikes

Or Glory 21st Century Rockers book by Horst A. Friedrichs

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Not content with capturing the modern-day mod scene with his book I'm One (21st Century Mods), Horst A. Friedrichs has jumped the fence to snap 'the other side' with Or Glory 21st Century Rockers, a new hardback book.

Released next week via Prestel Publishing (but available to pre-order now), the book looks to follow a similar path to the 'Mods' book, snapping those who take inspiration from the original rocker scene in the modern era – tattoos, leather jackets, slicked-back hair, BSA, Triumph, Norton and Royal Enfield motorcycles, not to mention inspiration from the likes of Elvis, James Dean, and Marlon Brando.

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Polaroid Note Cards

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Having been threatened with extinction, it seems the popularity of the Polaroid camera and its instant snaps is actually growing. These Polaroid Note Cards are the result of one project that paid tribute to the art of Polaroid photography.

Resulting from the “For the Love of Light” project, the set has been put together by the photographer Jenifer Altman and contains 20 cards, each with a different Polaroid image. The images include flowers, a chair, cupcakes, a New York taxi all with that unmistakable white frame around the image and in the slightly washed out looking colours that the Polaroid produces that reminds me of childhood photographs.

The set is available to buy from Urban Outfitters for £9.99.

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Alice Apple mini prints

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It's always satisfying to get original art into your home. Even better if it's affordable too. Something of an artistic bargain then are these mini prints by Alice Apple. 

Alice Apple's name may sound familiar as we've featured some of her colourfully decorated mugs in the past. This print shows the same love of pattern, illustrating a kitchen scene surely worthy of Orla Kiely and a 60s/70s feel. The print is very small – just postcard sized – but as it comes in four different colour ways, you could invest in all four and make a larger feature of them. 

And you can afford to do that too, as the print costs just $5. That's approximately £3.29 using the handy new Etsy converter. 

Buy it from her Etsy store

Categories / Art and Photography, Men's Fashion, Women's Fashion

The First Real Pop Shoe limited edition sports shoe by Sir Peter Blake

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Not content with producing highly collectible limited edition prints, Sir Peter Blake has now moved into the footwear business, specifically The First Real Pop Shoe by Sir Peter Blake.

It's available for pre-order now with a September delivery date, limited to just 600 pairs, all made to order so you are guaranteed your size. The style isn't random either – it's inspired by the footwear Blake wore in his classic Self Portrait With Badges artwork, now in the Tate Collection.

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