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Shag and Disneyland introduce the 40th anniversary Haunted Mansion art and merchandise range

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For Shag fans, Christmas has come early, just as long as you happen to be near the Disneyland in California, which is selling the 40th anniversary Haunted Mansion art and merchandise range.

The original paintings, limited edition prints, and special limited edition apparel and merchandise has all been designed by Shag over a two-year period and will go on sale to the general public on Sunday, August 9th, 2009 at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Quantities are limited, and will be issued on a first-come-first-served basis. Which leaves little chance for the rest of us.

In the meantime, Disney has helpfully photographed and priced everything from the sale, including the original painting above (yours for $16,000), some more affordable prints (from around $275) and some bizarre merchandise, including glassware and a limited edition Shag-inspired Mickey ear hat, a snip at $40. Both of those are pictured over the page or you can go here for images of everything. Shag will be on hand at Disneyland on August 9th for a meet-and-greet. Details of that via the link below.

Find out more at the Disney website

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Categories / Design and Interiors

Thonet v Muji modernist tubular steel desk by Konstantin Grcic

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Yesterday we featured one half of the new Muji v Thonet range, the bentwood table and chairs. Today we're checking the other half, this time inspired by the company's modernist designs of the 1920s – and including the tubular steel desk by Konstantin Grcic.

Hip German designer Konstantin Grcic has been given the chance to update the company's iconic Bauhaus-like tubular steel designs, adding a slightly contemporary twist, but effectively (and thankfully) leaving the look very much in the 20s. Which means one of the coolest desk designs ever has had a designer overhaul and comes in with a high street price tag.

How much? Well, prices being quoted are around £250 for the desk, with the chair pictured expected to sell for around £215. Again, these are due from August and initially, only from the Muji flagship store on London's Tottenham Court Road.

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John Lewis art deco-style Overmantel mirror

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Art deco design doesn't have to mean spending a small fortune at antique houses and specialist shops, you can get something with the look for a more modest outlay on the high street – like the John Lewis Overmantel mirror for example.

it absolutely screams the art deco era, with that angular overlapping design perfect for anyone  looking for a 20s or 30s look in their home. It's sized around 107cm high and around 86cm wide, sold with fixings for the mirror itself, but not for your wall (as that depends on the wall it's going on).

Available online and probably instore, the John Lewis Overmantel mirror is yours for £195.

Find out more at the John Lewis website

Categories / Art and Photography, Music

Sir Peter Blake and Brian Wilson’s Lucky Old Sun Box Set

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A giant of pop art meets a genius of pop music – and together Sir Peter Blake and Brian Wilson have produced the Lucky Old Sun Box Set.

Strictly limited to 1,000 copies worldwide, this really will be a future collectable – a set of 12 collage screenprints by Sir Peter Blake, intended as a look at life through Brian's eyes at California, even taking the name of Brian's latest album. if that's not enough, the set also packs in  a cloth bound book signed by Peter Blake and Brian Wilson, three pages of reproduced sheet music and lyrics for the new track ‘Midnight’s Another Day’, a laminated VIP pass and a CD of the album.

Obviously this doesn't come cheap – £900 (+vat) will secure you one. But be warned, once a fraction of the stock has sold, the price will rise to £1,250 (+vat). So if you want one, get one now.

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Via Switched On Art

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Selfridges opens its cenTEAnary vintage-style pop-up shop

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Fancy a step into the past? Just pop into Selfridges, which has opened its cenTEAnary pop-up shop, which you'll find in its dining and cookshop department.

Decked out in a post-war style, the shops opens this week and stays open until 8th September 2009, awash with bunting, vintage bikes, tea urns, trestle tables, flags and of course lashings of gingham, reminiscent of a good, old-fashioned British tea party.

Of course, most of the above will be available to buy, a mix of vintage classics and modern designs with a nod to the past from people like Becky Oldfield and Emma Bridgewater. Shouldn't break the bank either – prices start at around £16.

Find out more at the Selfridges website

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Cappellini Homage to Mondrian cabinets by Shiro Kuramata

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Art meets design, although both of the Cappellini Homage to Mondrian cabinets are likely to cost you the price of a semi-valuable work of art.

Iconic designer Shiro Kuramata has integrated the work of Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian into what really are stunning furniture designs, certain to dominate any room they appear in. On the technical side, both pieces are made of lacquered wood and mounted on rubber-based wheels, with the cabinets offering up plenty of storage space for just about anything.

And of course, you get some instantly recognisable art thrown in for good measure. Just as well, as neither comes cheap. Chaplins is currently selling them for around the £10,000 mark. If you want to check out the other design in the range, see over the page.

Find out more at the Chaplins website

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