Categories / Art and Photography, Cars and Bikes

“All the cars I ever owned” Print

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“All the cars I ever owned” is a new venture from the designers at People will always need plates. Moving away from architecture, for this piece they have turned their attention to automobiles.

The bespoke giclee prints are based on a list of every car you’ve owned, with an illustration of the make and in the order you owned them. Obviously, this print works best if you have driven an eclectic range of retro and classic cars, but if your real history is not so interesting, you could always have the print made using a list of your favourite vintage cars.

The print is made to order, so the price is available on application. Contact People will always need plates via their website for more information.

Categories / Art and Photography

1970s The Sun Poster

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Are these posters for The Sun taking irony a step too far?

Dating back to the 1970s, the poster is an original advertisement for the tabloid. They feature an image of a scantily dressed woman and a fully clothed man, with the words “How to Keep the Magic in Your Marriage!”

The Sun certainly wouldn’t have been amongst my first suggestions on the path to marital bliss and I’m not too sure about the seller’s suggestion of the poster as a wedding gift, but if you can find a place in your home for this piece of kitsch, it costs £150 from Pedlars.

Categories / Art and Photography

Lomo LC-A+ 25th Anniversary Edition camera

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Recently, Lomo discounted its classic LC-A camera (the one that started the whole Lomo thing off) for a day to celebrate 25 years since if first left the Russian factory. Now the company has gone one step further with a very special version in limited numbers, the Lomo LC-A+ Anniversary Edition camera.

Sure to be sought after by Lomo collectors, this is a slight update to the original 1984 camera, packing an original Russian Minitar 1 lens for vivid, wide angle images and auto exposure for great snaps in all light. But as this is a limited edition, you also get a new textured skin, an anniversary badge on the body and a cool, commemorative wooden box, stamped with the 25th Anniversary logo.

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Categories / Art and Photography, Food and Drink

Vintage tea time print by Sally Elford

Elford Vintage Teatime print

Sally Elford's Vintage Tea Time print shows lovely patterned mid-century ceramic cups, just waiting to filled to the brim with glorious tea! The illustration comes in two colour options, gray or brown paper, each limited to 30 editions. The limited colour scheme used reflects the period of ceramics well. 

It's printed onto A4 sized paper and costs $20. 

Buy it online

Categories / Art and Photography, Film and TV

Retro Film Illustrations Prints

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I Love Retro are selling these Retro Film Illustration Prints, which make an interesting change from the standard film posters.

There are six films to choose from; Taxi Driver, To Kill a Mockingbird, Don’ Look Now, The Shining, Harold and Maude and Buffalo 66 (although the last one is more cult than retro, unless the 90s already count as retro).

The prints measure 11 inches by 16 and cost £24.95 each from I Love Retro.

Categories / Art and Photography, Bags

Acme Made Bowler retro-style camera bag now available in the UK

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Some months back, we featured the Acme Made Bowler, which was available in the US, but frustratingly not available in Europe as far as we could tell. Well, here's some good news for fans of the bag – it's now available in the UK, courtesy of Jessops.

If you missed it first time round, the Bowler (as the name suggests) is a vintage bowling-style bag, but one that's designed specifically to hold and protect your photography kit – digital SLRs in particular. Not only does it house your pro-style cam, it also has small pockets for all your extras, like storage cards for example.

But best of all, it just looks great – and doesn't necessarily have to be used for photography gear. Available now from Jessops, it sells for £32.

Find out more at the Jessops website