What could you buy for a Charles and Ray Eames fan who has recently moved house if your generosity doesn't quite extend to getting them a piece of Eames furniture? Well, this Rocking New Home card from new site Nancy and Betty could be the answer. It shows a photograph of the Eames Rocker in three different colours and the message 'Hope your home is rockin'
Category: Art and Photography
Poulier and Poulier Tram Destination Print
Poulier and Poulier are husband and wife design team, Mark and Lisa Poulier who share a love of typography. Their current screenprinted collection includes a series of prints based on vintage Tram Destinations Blinds.
The prints are based on original “W Class” Melbourne tram destination blinds, dating back to around 1960. They have been printed to replicate the authentic typography of that era. There are four designs measuring 56 x 76cm priced around Aus $60 (around £30) and two large “elephant” size (56 x 150cm) costing just under Aus $100 (around £50)
To order, visit the Poulier and Poulier website.
William Shatner, Intergalactic Love God print by Nick Dewar
This amusingly
entitled William Shatner, Intergalactic Love God print was actually produced for
an exhibition in Canada containing 76 images inspired by the life and career of Shatner. Artist Nick Dewar has plumped for the golden
era of Captain James T. Kirk picking font
and distinctive imagery to match up with the Shatner era he is depicting.
18 by 24 inches and is available in green or yellow from Dewar’s site, costing
$50.
Warhol Campbell’s Soup Can Bags
The print here needs no introduction, but Warhol’s Campbell Soup Can design has been put to good use (again!) on a range of shopping bags.
Made from 100% cotton, the bags have been coated in PVC to make them rainproof. There are two sizes of shopping bag priced £7.95 and £9.95 for the small and medium respectively and a version with a shoulder strap also costing £9.95.
They can be bought online from the National Galleries of Scotland website.
Emory Douglas Malcolm X screenprint at Station 4
We featured Emory Douglas some months back, around the time of the Emory Douglas and The Art of Revolution exhibition at Manchester's Urbis. Well, the Black Panther's former Minister of Culture is now showing off his work at the New Museum in New York under the title Emory Douglas: Black Panther and to coincide, Station 4 has released this very limited edition Malcolm X screenprint.
It's a powerful piece of 60s-style pop art featuring the human rights activist, printed by Political Gridlock at Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co. in a limited edition of just 13, all six colour screenprints sized at 18 x 18 inches, signed and numbered by the artist.
It goes on sale today, priced at $300.
Via Switched On Art
Shag’s latest print: La Grande Odalisque
Not content with producing a whole range of Disneyland-related art and design, Shag is still producing limited edition prints covering the usual subject matter, with La Grande Odalisque on sale from today.
La Grande Odalisque is classic Shag with a slightly risque twist, the 60s-styled girl, the tiki and the mid-century furnishings all present and correct. In terms of specifics, this is a 15-colour serigraph, signed and numbered in an edition of 200 and sized at 14 x 20 inches.
Yours via the link below for $175.