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Categories / Art and Photography

Keiichi Taanami pop art prints

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Keiiichi Tanaami is a new name to me, but he’s been producing pop art-style art in Japan since the 1960s – and is still doing it today.

Tanaami’s art has been championed of late by Paul Smith, who has exhibited his work and is now selling some limited edition prints – including this Kamon print, which is typical of the artist’s work.

Measurements as framed 79xm by 58cm by 3cm with the image printed on Japenese Echizen Washi paper in a limited edition of just 30. You can buy it framed for £950.

Find out more at the Paul Smith website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Marc Sadler’s Twiggy lamp

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With a name like the Twiggy lamp, you would expect this to be a product of the sixties. But it’s actually a very modern piece of design.

The work of Mark Sadler and manufactured by Italian firm Foscarini, it’s not unlike the classic 60s Arco lamp, with that big overhang, but a more traditional shade and much thinner stem.

Made of glass fibre and chrome and available in a choice of four finishes, the Twiggy lamp retails for £764.

Find out more at the SCP website

Categories / Cars and Bikes

Vintage Mini – now available with an electric engine

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Vintage cars and the environment don’t necessarily go together – unless you pick up a re-conditioned Mini from Future Vehicles.

It’s eco-friendly because they source an old Mini, re-condition it, then convert it to an electric car. You can dictate both the specification and the interior of your revamped Mini, with the entry-level electric Mini offering a speed of up to 40mph and a range of 50 miles before it needs a charge.

That makes it an ideal car for knocking about round town. Although the starting price of £17,000 might make you think twice about your green credentials!

Find out more at the Future Vehicles website

Categories / Art and Photography, Men's Fashion

Tate Gallery’s Tony Hart t-shirt

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Outside of Rolf Harris, possibly the most famous artist in Britain – certainly for anyone whose childhood was in the 1970s – is Tony Hart. And he’s now been honoured by Britain’s most famous gallery.

The Tony Hart t-shirt is produced by the Tate Gallery in conjunction with ethical clothing retailer Howies. Available in three sizes, it’s a simple blue t-shirt with the name of our Tony in a retro font on the front, with the Tate logo on the sleeve.

Only available from the Tate and Tate online, you can pick it up now for £25. Let’s hope they follow it up with a Morph shirt.

Find out more at the Tate Online website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Arne Jacobsen Hotel Royal pendant light

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We featured the Hotel Royal in Copenhagen as a retro retreat, a hotel that owes its look and feel to Danish designer Arne Jacobsen. And if you want some of that style in your home, you can have it with this Arne Jacobsen Hotel Royal pendant light.

This acrylic light dates back to the original hotel design in 1959, more specifically for the hotel snack bar, where this four-piece cube-shaped light illuminated the sandwiches of the great and the good of Copenhagen society.

If you want it to brighten up your home, it retails for £195.

Find out more at the Panik Design website