Those vintage phrase prints show no sign of going away as we enter 2009, but when they're as eye-catching as the An Apple A Day print by the Keep Calm Gallery, we're not complaining.
Take your pick from the two colours above, both screenprinted onto recycled, off-white and if you look closely, featuring some apple images in each of the letter As.
Sized at 18 x 14 inches, you can pick one up for £18.
We featured these back in October 2008, but at the time, the Alexander Girard 1970s PlyPrint artwork was only available to our US readers. Well, now you can pick them up in the UK.
As the name suggests, these are plywood panels, each featuring designs by Alexander Girard that were originally silk screen prints dating back to 1971. The new versions are hand screen-printed onto sustainably-harvested maple plywood panels using water based inks, all with the Girard signature.
Sold with mounting kit, you can pre-order the panels now (for March delivery) via SCP, sized at 36 x 36cm and retailing for £76. A set of smaller panels featuring the 'Love' image is also available for £34.99. See over for another image.
If you're a fan of music, you might know that cult British post punk band Magazine have reformed for a short series of gigs. And typically for an 'arty' band, there's some arty merchandise to buy too – including these Magazine tour posters by Malcolm Garrett.
Malcolm Garrett is a British graphic designer who worked on a number on iconic album and single sleeves of the 1980s from acts including Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Peter Gabriel, The Buzzcocks and of course, Magazine. Garrett has re-visited some of his work for the band to create a series of art prints, including the two above.
All the hand silk screened images are limited to 100, printed on high quality 270 grams 'Colorplan' art board and sized at 640 x 482mm. 50 are signed by the artist, selling for £50, with another 50 signed by both Garrett and the surviving band members themselves. If you want one of those collector's items, they sell for a very reasonable £75.
Got a frustrated rock star in the family? Get them one of these vintage personalised gig posters.
The idea is simple, but rather clever – get a load of old rock poster designs, then produce them with a personalised name, be it your name, a friend, a band name or the name of that band you had at school that never quite got off the ground (Lemon Curd in my case). You can even use it for a poster for your current band, saving the cost of a designer.
Once you've sorted that, get it printed as a poster, canvas or wood block and have it delivered to your door. Check out the site for all poster styles available, with prices starting at £29.
Pedlars has just acquired a bundle of vintage Rolling Stones Touring Posters. Apparently they were discovered by someone renovating a flat in the early 1970s and have been lying around in an attic ever since.
The poster belongs to a set inspired by travel advertisements from the 1920s and 1930s and reproductions of the print this is based on are still widely available. Pedlars has had the posters’ authenticity checked so can rest assured you are buying the genuine article.
The posters are supplied box framed and cost £495. Hurry to the Pedlars website to buy yours now.
Roger Hargreaves devised the Mr Men characters back in 1971, producing around 45 children's books featuring the characters before his death in the late 80s. But none quite like Mr Music and Mr Art by Austin.
A homage to the Mr Men series, new wave/street artist Austin has given the characters a modern-day spin, with the two above being part of a series of limited edition prints.
Each print is A2-sized and a six-colour silkscreen, produced in very limited runs of just 10, signed by the artist. You can pick one up for £80.
