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Julie Fortenberry retro-styled children’s art at L’Affiche Moderne

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More retro-styled artwork available at the L'Affiche Moderne online gallery – this time the child-friendly art of Julie Fortenberry.

We don' know much about the artist, aside from her being from New York and being inspired by classic children's books. Although we think this is more like those small pictures you used to find in house in the 50s and 60s (and often see in house clearance places in the modern era).

But there's no denying that they're bold, colourful and have a definite charm. Reasonably priced too – depending on your choice of size, prices start at just 20 Euros. See another image over the page.

Find out more at the L'Affiche Moderne website

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Peter Blake fag packet prints: reduced in price until 22 January

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Here's something of a bargain, though how much a bargain it is depends on both your definition of the word and the size of your wallet. Opus Art are selling a limited edition of Peter Blake screenprints, each print showing a different cigarette packet he collected on a 1956 trip through Europe. 

The bargain bit comes with the news that, though the prints are normally priced at £2620.25, they're now selling for £1762.50 until 22 January – that's this Friday! If you've got a bit of cash you want to invest in a Blake print, it's a great saving. If that's still out of your price range, the web site has a wide selection of Blake screenprints available for browsing. 

Buy through Opus Art

Categories / Art and Photography, Film and TV

Reworked movie posters by Claudia Varosio

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Not just your average movie posters, Claudia Varosio has updated some classics in her own distinctive style, selling the updated images via her Etsy online store.

Yes, these are reworked promo posters, stripping out the nonsense and featuring the key characters or essence of the movie. Not just a few either, there are around 40 to choose from, including the two we have picked out here, 2001 – A Space Odyssey and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

All are printed on premium archival lustre paper and come in pretty cheap – shipped out of the UK, they sell for just $16.90 (around £10) each.

Find out more at the Claudia Varosio Etsy store

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Retro-styled artwork by Ingela P Arrhenius at L’Affiche Moderne

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Modern designs, but one foot firmly in the past – that's the retro-styled artwork by Ingela P Arrhenius, which is available online at L'Affiche Moderne.

Swedish illustrator Arrhenius takes inspiration from the 50s and 60s for her cartoon-like images, of which the two above are typical. Not only that, they're packed with colour and guaranteed to brighten up any room, child's room or not.

Limited editions, but not at a limited edition price – depending on your choice of size, prices start at just 29 Euros.

Find out more at the L'Affiche Moderne website

Categories / Art and Photography, Books

Masters of Early Russian Children’s Books prints

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If you're organising your new year courtesy of the Redstone Press 2010 diary we featured a little while back, you may be interested to learn Redstone have collaborated with Magma to produce seven Masters of Early Russian Children's Books prints, based on some of the 1920s and '30s illustrations reproduced in the diary.

The prints are all striking and unusual images and include Vladimir Lebedev's 1929 illustration of woman driving to train station from 1929, shown above. Each print is hand-screen printed as part of a limited edition of 100 and costs £30. 

Buy it from the Magma website

Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Swifty Skates – old school skateboards and t-shirts

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Swifty is one of our favourite artists, which is why we asked him to do the latest re-design of our Modculture site. He's also certain to appeal to old school skateboard enthusiasts with his Swifty Skates range.

Just like in '76, the example above is a solid wood (specifically oak) 27-inch deck that's flat and solid, as well as being sanded and lacquered to a shine, decorated with Swifty's graphics top and bottom.

See over the page for another image and check out Swifty's site to see the other boards in the range, as well as the similarly-styled t-shirts, which sell for £25. The boards? They go from £140.

Find out more at the Swifty website

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