Categories / Design and Interiors

Sailor Jerry Traditional Tattoo Pint Glass Set

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If you haven’t heard the name before, Sailor Jerry was sailor-turned-tattooist Norman Collins – indeed, he is seen as the father of the ‘old school’ tattoo. He might not be around anymore, but his legacy and his merchandising live on via the Sailor Jerry website. And that includes this Sailor Jerry Traditional Tattoo Pint Glass Set.

The four glasses are rather cool too, with a healthy pint capacity each, a smart giftbox to hold them in and most importantly, a classic Sailor Jerry tattoo design on each one.

If you know someone into tattoos, these should make a great gift. They retail for $52 (around £26).

Find out more at the Sailor Jerry website

Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Vitra Design Museum collection poster

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Fancy a handy guide to the best of mid-century design that doubles up as a classy piece of artwork? You need the Vitra Design Museum collection poster.

Vitra, as you probably know, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of classic furniture design and this poster is the German company’s extensive collection. Its incredibly detailed too, with 224 images packed onto the poster, each complete with title and basic details. Just about everything you need to know about classic 20th century design.

Sized at 840 x 1190mm, it’s available to buy online from the Vitra Shop, priced at 21.42 Euros, which is around £15.

Find out more at the Vitra Design Shop

Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Art Deco Side Table Light

Urban_mojo_retro_desk_lamp_307 I’m not sure if this lamp is based on the work of a particular designer but it is simply called the Art Deco Side Table Light.

This name describes its style perfectly as it incorporates several key art deco features. Zigzags were much used in art deco design, as was chrome which was a brand new material at the time. The overall product has a style and glamour that epitomises the Art Deco movement.

It costs £199 and is available immediately from Mojo Interiors.

Categories / Design and Interiors

“A Century of Chairs” Online Exhibition

59_6Whilst nothing can beat the experience of visiting an exhibition in person, it isn’t always possible for a variety of reasons, namely time, money or location, but online exhibitions are overcoming those obstacles, bringing displays to wider audiences. A good example is the Design Museum’s current online exhibition ‘A Century of Chairs’.

Not only would you have had be in London and pay an admission fee to see the real-life exhibition, you would have had to have done this in 2004 when the exhibition took place. But for those of you who missed out, there is now the chance to see it online. As its name suggests, the exhibition follows the trends in design and manufacture of chairs from the late 1800s to the start of the 21st Century. There are clear photographs of the best known chairs from each decade along with informative text.

To visit the exhibition, go to the Design Museum website.   Its free, you can go anytime you want and you want have to face crowds of tourists either!

Categories / Books, Design and Interiors

Knitted Icons – knit your own Audrey Hepburn

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Knitting is back and it’s cool – especially when you are making Knitted Icons.

Knitted Icons is a book of patterns for making – you guessed it – icons past and present, including everyone from Madonna and Jackie O to Chairman Mao and Che Guevara. Each doll is 10 inches tall and apparently, easy enough for the beginner to attempt.

And if you don’t want to risk your cash, here’s a bonus – you can download the pattern for the Audrey Hepburn doll absolutely free by following the link below. And if you want the book, you can order it from Urban Outfitters for $15.95 (around £8).

Download the Audrey Hepburn doll pattern

Find out more about the book at the Urban Outfitters website

Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Typeseat Poster

Tim_fishlock_500Following on from the Modernist Flashcards featured yesterday, here is another quirky take on the alphabet – the Typeseat Poster.

Set on a black background, each letter is represented by a white chair. The O is Ball Chair, the C is a tilted Egg Chair, others are less obvious to spot and some are turned upside down and twisted around to form their letters.

The poster is a limited edition silkscreen print by Tim Fishlock and can be bought for £35 from TwentyTwentyOne.