This Vintage Alphabet Poster has been created by Paula Mills who is one half of the Melbourne-based design company Sweet William.
Tag: alphabet
Alpha print from James Brown
There's an abundance of retro alphabet prints that we've featured of late, but this Alpha print from one of our favourites James Brown, goes one step further.
The striking 4 colour lithograph should prove invaluable in these days of telephone banking and such. The letters of the alphabet are accompanied with their appropriate nautical flag and phonetic pronunciation. Hang it in pride of place for textbook enunciation worthy of a tweed-clad ex-field marshall.
£15 from the General Pattern Big Cartel store.
A-Z poster by Ingela Arrhenius
Ingela Arrhenius has been busy. It was only earlier in the week that we featured her retro dish cloth designs. This A-Z Poster offers a more conventional way to showcase her art.
It uses the traditional A-Z format, running from Apple to Zebra, all executed in her distinctive retro style. The vignettes are charming in themselves (I'm especially fond of the 'M' which looks like a 'Moon landing') but also look great together as an overall piece of art. Perfect for a very stylish kids room.
The poster is sold unframed and costs 23 euros.
Buy it from Swedishness
Hanna Melin retro childhood ABC print
We've had a glimpse into Hanna Melin's childhood before with her Summer Holiday 1989 tote bag. Now that nostalgia is taken one step further with this retro childhood ABC print, available exclusively at Rockett St George.
The print is crammed full of Melin's illustration of famous toys, mainly drawn from the 1980s and 90s: keep a look out for Mr Potato Head, My Little Pony, Trolls and Barbie just for starters. It's sure to have you longing for the toy box of your childhood.
The print is sold unframed and costs £25.
See it online
Cockney alphabet print from Rockett St George
This new print from Rockett St George lists the cockney alphabet, starting with ' A for Horses' and including all the classics like 'T for Two' and 'U for Me'.
Also known as the surrealist alphabet, the alphabet has been presented in the style of an old-fashioned bus blind and is just under 183cm tall. Don't worry if some of the humour escapes you, as they've also put in the explanations in brackets.
The print costs £65.
Buy it online
Play Time cards by Sean Sims
We showed you the Sean Sims limited edition alphabet print last year. Now the letters are available individually, as the Play Time card range.
Executed in an early 70s-style, each card is based around a different letter: from the brightly patterned 'K' for 'Kettle' to the monster towering over the metropolis for 'M', or the old-fashioned gent clutching an umbrella for 'U'.
Ideal as birthday cards for kids or for adults who haven't quite grown-up yet, the cards cost £2 each.
Order them from Nineteenseventythree
