Looking for some unusual original art to brighten up your home? Boxbird have a selection of work by New Zealand artist Ellen Giggenbach, including the pictured piece, Sunday Best.
Her aesthetics are clearly influenced by some 50s designers, such as Alexander Girard, but each piece is actually painstakingly created by placing hand-painted and cut paper onto board.
Each piece is produced in limited numbers, so move quickly if you like a particular design. Sunday Best costs £200.
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Some of Alexander Girard's best known designs are getting another outing on these bags from New York company BUILT. They're reproducing three of his classic mid-century designs on a range that encompasses everything from phone sleeves to shoulder bags.
Slightly controversially for a designer who was well known for his textile designs, these bags are made from neoprene. Their shapes reflects the rest of BUILT's bag range and which is likely not to everyone's taste. However, a nice detail is the charm that comes on all the bags – a mini version of Girard's 'Love' design.
Prices start at $25 for the phone sleeve.
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We're huge fans of the mid-century designs work of Alexander Girard here, though sometimes it's a little tricky to find affordable version of his work for sale. We featured these notecards quite a while back but unfortunately they no longer seem to be available. It's exciting news then that Lagom have been selected by the Girard estate to publish a range of greeting cards for sale in the UK.
There are twelve attractive cards available which include reproductions of some of his best known designs. Each card costs £1.79 and apparently there's some gift wrap to follow. Watch this space…
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