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Lomography introduces the Lomo LC-A+ Gold camera – limited to just 130 worldwide

Posted on 3rd March 2010 | Leave a comment

Not the first time we've featured the classic Lomo LC-A+ and not the first time we've featured a special edition – but nothing as special as the newly-announced Lomo LC-A+ Gold.

First produced in the (then) Soviet Union in 1984, the camera was designed as a quality snapper for everyday photography, complete with the iconic Minitar 1 lens for vivid, wide angle images and auto exposure for great snaps in all light. Oh yes – it was the camera that started the Lomographic Society 25 years ago.

But less of the history, let's look at this gem of a version, which offers up 24 carat gold-leaf gilding, 'finest' brown leather wrapping, an original Russian Minitar lens, wooden casing, a unique number and certification sheet guaranteeing its authenticity, two rolls of Lomography 800 Film in a golden tin and the 'Lomographiere' hardcover book. You can see all of that over the page, but if you want one right now, get a rush on as there's only 130 being made, selling for £460.

Find out more at the Lomography website

Categories / Art and Photography, Music

Super Size Art – classic vinyl 45s become 3D wall imagery

Posted on 26th February 2010 | 2 Comments

Do you love a single so much, you want it on your wall to remind you of its greatness every day of the week? You need to check out Super Size Art.

Artist Morgan Howell (a Fellow of the Royal Society of Art no less) has created printed canvas sleeves from the designs of classic 45s, each one signed and numbered by the artist and sized around 680m square – all hand-finished to give the impression of a well-worn copy. it even comes with a chrome wall-mounting, just like the centre of a record player.

Take your pick from the likes of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who and David Bowie, all selling for around £375. Another image over the page.

Find out more at the Super Size Art website

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Two Up, Two Down print by Lisa Jones

Posted on 26th February 2010 | Leave a comment

We've shown you Lisa Jones' delightful images before, specifically her Town print. This Two Up, Two Down print is every bit as appealing.

The image shows a typically British house in a scene that is brimming with detail, from the milk bottles by the door to the apple and anglepoise lamp in the window to the cup of coffee on the windowsill. The use of the three colour blue palette adds to the retro Scandinavian feel.

Two Up, Two Down costs £65 from Elphicks

Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors, Homeware

Treasury cushions and prints

Posted on 26th February 2010 | Leave a comment

Treasury specialise in attractive cushions and prints that feature some of your favourite twentieth-century design icons.

The designs are the work of Lucia Golding and the image above showing the Hans Wegner Wishbone chair on the cushion is typical of her style: silhouettes of the objects are hand screen-printed against subtle shades of greens or blue.

The cushions cost £34 while the prints are about £30-35.

See the range at Not on the high street

Categories / Art and Photography

Hi Art twentieth-century art icon patches

Posted on 25th February 2010 | Leave a comment

Want a quick, potted history of some key twentieth-century art pieces and movements? Sounds pretty serious but doesn't have to be, especially with this unusual idea, courtesy of Hi Art: patches.

Yes, you can patch (or should that be Pop?) up an old pair of jeans with a Warhol alike soup can, as shown above, or take your pick from seven other designs.

The patches also include a test screen design to represent video art and an iconic Magritte-style pipe to represent Surrealism.

You can get the Dada patch (Duchamp's urinal) at the Tate online shop for £4.50 but the full range only seems to be on sale through Australian company Third Drawer Down where they cost AUS$7 each. Best to check out the shipping fees before ordering though.

Buy them online

Categories / Art and Photography, Books

Carnaby Street: 1960 – 2010 exhibition and limited edition book

Posted on 23rd February 2010 | Leave a comment

Still Synonymous with swinging London, Carnaby Street is celebrated from Friday February 26th 2010 at the Carnaby Street: 1960 – 2010 exhibition.

The exhibition, which takes place at the 38 Carnaby Street gallery, will apparently put into context the history of Carnaby from its earliest origins in the 16th Century to the present day, but will of course have much of its emphasis on the 1960s. As well as the exhibition, there will also be a limited edition book of the same name, featuring images from photographer Philip Townsend (like the one above) and exclusive interviews with people who have lived and worked in Carnaby including The Who’s Pete Townsend.

The exhibition will be open 7 days a week at 38 Carnaby Street, London W1. That's also where you'll find the book.

Carnaby Street website

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