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Art Deco-style ski posters from Pullman Editions

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It's the season for winter sports (should you be that way inclined) and what better way to celebrate than with these Art Deco-style ski posters from Pullman Editions.

Looking every bit like a classic travel posters from the 1920s or '30s, they're in fact commissioned by Pullman Editions who aim to publish striking posters in the Art Deco style. The poster pictured is part of their first collection, entitled 'Art Deco in the Alps', which contains 24 different designs to pick from that cover a variety of famous European ski resorts. Each poster is printed using traditional lithographic techniques and is limited to 280 per print. 

The posters sell unframed for £395. 

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1920s glamour wallpaper by Dupenny

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Dupenny 1920s
Dupenny have teased us before with their designs based on Burlesque stars and 1950s housewives and Burlesque. Now the roaring twenties get their turn in this new design – 1920s glamour wallpaper. 

The design captures the decadence you'd associate with that period, with a range of beautiful ladies in varying states of undress, each illustrated in their own decorative frame. The design is crammed full of the cheeky charm that you'd associate with Dupenny's products. 

Like the ladies pictured, however, it doesn't come cheap. A panel of the wallpaper measures 52cm by 3m and costs £75. 

Buy it from Not on the High Street

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Arthur Watts London Transport Espresso Cups Set

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This set of Espresso Cups is another product that makes use of London Transport’s vast back catalogue of poster designs.

Each cup is decorated with a design taken from posters created by Arthur Watts for the Underground Group in the 1920s. The set consists of four cups and saucers, sold in a presentation box.

The set costs £32.99 and can be bought online from the London Transport Museum shop.

Categories / Homeware

Deco-style Starburst range at Next

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Starburst range

If you're looking to add some retro glamour to your home and don't want to spend a small fortune, you may want to take a look at the Starburst range at Next. 

The range takes its cue from the Art Deco movement, with lots of mirrored surfaces and sharp lines, and succeeds in creating some unusual pieces, such as the angular side table and the wall-mounted console pictured above. They've even got some starburst mirrors to help top off the look. 

For an idea of prices, the side table costs for £90, while the wall console retails for £250. 

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1920s textile design tea towels from the Courtauld Gallery

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Twenties tea towel

This Courtauld Gallery tea towel, based on a 1920s textile design, is possibly too beautiful to use on your dishes.

It's based on a textile design from the 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs – the World's Fair that gave us the term 'Art Deco' – and reflects some of the dynamism you'd associate with that movement.The Courtauld have also produced a Tropical Birds design tea towel dating from the same period which is equally striking. 

Something of a bargain too at £5. Frame them and get some instant art for your walls. 

Buy them from Culturelabel

Categories / Art and Photography

Abaceda: A Jazz Age Alphabet

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Jazz alphabet

Abaceda: A Jazz Age Alphabet is a striking piece of modernist design. Now reproduced by Magma in association with Redstone Press, the alphabet was originally designed in 1926. It uses the combination of Karel Teige's typography combined with the ballet poses of dancer Mllca Mayerova to produce something that's very identifiably of that period. 

Though it's perhaps not the most useful alphabetic aid (J and Q are shown together), perhaps the athletic poses will inspire instead?

The print costs £25.

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