The 1950s were a golden age for London Transport. The Routemaster bus was introduced into service in 1959, whilst the classic FX4 London black cab was launched in 1958. Both have now been celebrated in the form of Iconic London Transport Bookends designed by Susan Bradley.
The bookends are made from powdercoated steel, with the Routemaster design being in the red and the FX4 cab design, obviously, being in black.
Both cost £18 each and can be bought online from the London Transport Museum shop.
Whilst by no means in the same league as the classic clock designs by George Nelson, if you want a cheerful retro timepiece on a limited budget, then you could do worse than this Pop Art Clock.
The body of the clock is made from white plastic, whilst the face is brightly coloured, in either orange, blue or green. The choice of font for the numbers also adds to the 1960s look of the clock.
The Pop Art Clock is available to buy from Dwell, where it is currently in the sale, reduced from an already reasonable £12.95 to the bargain price of £8.95.
We’ve made a timely discovery of these Summer Holiday Mugs from Snowden Flood.
There are six designs in total, each one featuring a typical traditional holiday destination: a quaint village, beach huts, seaside cottages, a beach hut on stilts, a pier or a caravan. The illustrations are based on buildings that the artist has seen themselves whilst on holiday, although the pier design is a composite, made up of features from various different piers.
You can buy a set of all six mugs for £70 or individual mugs for £11.95 each directly from the Snowden Flood website.
The Ace of Spades print is a piece of art that should appeal to fans of Lemmy and Motorhead (as well as any poker players).
It has been created by Tom Shone, whose retro camera print we featured a few weeks ago. The print measures 70cm by 100cm and has been digitally printed using archival inks on heavy archival quality paper.
It costs £59 unframed and can be bought online from Rockett St George.
With all the attention given to a certain football tournament, it is good to see that the London Transport Museum hasn’t forgotten about that other favourite summer sporting fixture, Wimbledon. Their shop has a range of products featuring vintage Wimbledon Poster designs.
Dating from the 1920s and 1930s, these six classic designs were originally used on posters to tell people who to reach the tennis tournament by public transport. The designs are mainly in shades of green and pink and do look very much of that era. Reproductions of four of the posters are available now as posters priced £13.95, but the designs have also been put onto mugs (£6.99 each or £27.50 for a set of four), placemats (£24.99 for a set of four), coasters (£12.99 for four) and travelcard holders (£4.95).
Visit the London Transport Museum Shop to see the whole collection.
The Edito Magazine Rack, produced by Italian company Legnoart, is a simply designed piece of storage.
It is made from two pieces of curved wood and is available in a choice of three finishes. The Oak and the Birch finishes aren’t anything special, but in the Zebra Wood, it takes on a more retro, and therefore, more stylish look.
It available to buy from Caab Living, priced £58.50
