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Double Decker Routemaster Print

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The Double Decker Routemaster Print from I Love Design celebrated the most iconic of all buses.

Rather than being drawn in the traditional red, the buses are all decorated in a choice of traditional British patterns. Yes, that does mean the Union Jack, but also two patterns that celebrate London with illustrations of phone boxes and landmarks and one decorated with a “bus and soldier” pattern. The history of the Routemaster is written at the bottom of the print.

The posters are sold unframed and cost £20 for the A3 size or £30 for the A2 size. Buy online from I Love Design’s shop on Not on the High Street.

Categories / Food and Drink, Travel

London Double Decker bus teapot

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There seems to be no shortage of products for the home inspired by London's transport system, the latest being this Double Decker bus teapot. 

It's an attractive white teapot decorated with images of the Routemaster, all number 73 en route to Victoria Station. The buses aren't just the traditional red either, but also in colours like powder blue and green. As a finishing touch the lid of the teapot is decorated with an image of the push button you'd press when you'd want the bus to stop. 

The teapot costs £14.99 and you can also get accompanying large drinking mugs for £4.99. 

Buy it from Rockett St George

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

I love London lunchbox

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I love London lunchbox

More products featuring the iconography of London, with this I Love London lunchbox. You may remember the distinctive London tissue pack we featured a couple of weeks back, showing a retro-style illustration of a Routemaster bus and people queueing in line. That image has been used again here – to decorate the plastic lid of a lunchbox. 

I've not been able to find out any more information about the illustration – whether it's a genuine image from the late 1950s or 60s or just the work of a skilled copy-cat. Whatever its provenance it remains a striking image and you may be pleased to hear it's now also available on a greeting card and on a doormat, as well as on the lunchbox.

The lunchbox costs £4.95. 

See the range at the Dotcomgiftshop

Categories / Design and Interiors, Travel

Make a City London postcard set

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Yesterday we showed you tiles based on postcards from the '50s and '60s but for an alternate tourist take with a distinctly retro feel, try this Make A City London postcard set. 

The set features five designs to cut-out and stick together that are based around a very nostalgic view of the city including rock and roll and fish and chips and, of course, the Routemaster bus. The designs are executed in bright colours and have a very Pop feel. In fact, given the subject matter of the postcards they'd have probably been as applicable in 'Swinging London' as they are now. 

At only £3 for a set, they're as cheap as the chips they illustrate. 

Buy it from The Museum of London shop

Categories / Homeware, Travel

Michelle Mason Piccadilly Circus cushion

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We've previously featured Michelle Mason's collaboration with London Transport. Her new cushion collection also draws inspiration from the capital and includes this charming Piccadilly Circus cushion. 

Inspired by old postcards, the design shows a very stylised view of Piccadilly Circus (if only there was that little traffic!), including Eros and the famous advertising hoardings. There's even a couple of classic Routemaster buses to be seen.  

One of the other cushions features Columbia flower market, while the third shows a more generalised London street scene. All the designs are printed onto cotton satin and cost £45 each. 

Buy it from Not on the High Street

Categories / Homeware

I Love London Routemaster cushion

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I love London routemaster

With all the nostalgic spirit that's prevalent home wares at the moment, it was surely only a matter of time before the beloved and much missed Routemaster bus made its way onto a cushion. The bus is appliquéd onto the front, along with the motto 'I Love London'. To keep it even more fashionable, the 'O' of 'Love' is filled with a union jack design. 

Cushions are also available with the slogan plus the motif of either a taxi or grenadier guards. All are made from the heavy duty looking wool with blanket stitched edges. It's certainly not the cheapest way to remember a trip to the capital though: for the £94.95 price tag you may prefer to stock up on postcards and 'I heart London' t-shirts.

Buy it from Pedlars