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Kid Made Modern book

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Kid made modern

Do you want your kids to know their Alexander Calder from their Alexander Girard? Well, rather than giving them too long a lecture in the history of design, try this Kid Made Modern book. Written by Todd Oldham it uses mid-century designers as the starting base for 52 different craft projects for kids. It details how to make a cardboard fort inspired by Luis Barragan or window decorations in the style of Russel Wright or even decorate a few wooden spoons to create an alternative version of the Girard dolls.

The projects look so much fun you may find yourself joining in! 

The book is for sale for £11.45 on Amazon

Categories / Books, Cars and Bikes, Homeware

Retro car bookends at Graham and Green

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Car bookends

Looking for a way to keep your F. Scott Fitzgerald books under control? Fans of Art Deco style glamour may find a solution in these retro car bookends for sale at Graham and Green. 

Fittingly for the subject matter, they're made from gleaming aluminium. If you'd ideally want an actual racing car but the budget won't stretch to it just yet, perhaps you can practise by keeping these beauties looking pristine.  

The bookends cost £55. 

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Categories / Books, Design and Interiors, Kids

The Redstone Press 2010 Russian diary

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If you are already looking ahead to next year and want to stock up on your stationery now, you may be interested in The Redstone Press' 2010 Russian diary. If you've ever bought one of Redstone's diaries before you'll know what a visual treat they are and this one is no different. Its illustrations are collected from 1920s and 1930s children literature from the Soviet Union and include works by artists such as Vladimir Mayakovsky and El Lissitzky. The images give a glimpse not only into the imaginary worlds of children's books but also the idealism of the period. 

The diaries are sturdy and spiral bound and cost £14.95 for a year's worth of inspiration. 

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Categories / Books, Design and Interiors

The Pattern Sourcebook: A Century of Surface Design

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Pattern sourcebook

Of the huge amount of pattern design books being published at the moment, The Pattern Sourcebook: A Century of Surface Design stands out from the crowd. It's partly because of its size: 350 illustrations are crammed into 304 pages. But it's also because of its approach. The author, Drusilla Cole, has selected patterns from the last hundred years, from fabrics, wallpapers, ceramics and other mediums which are ordered within the book by aesthetic, rather than chronological, reasons. This means contemporary creations sit next to retro designs and it's a lesson in inspiration, not history. 

Artistic legends such as Henry Moore and Eduardo Paolozzi sit alongside Retro To Go favourites like Marimekko, Angie Lewin and Mark Hearld of the St Judes Gallery, whose work is used on the cover. Something to dip into time and time again, amazingly the book only costs £13.97 on Amazon. 

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