The V&A Shop can always be relied upon for Christmas cards with a good design heritage. This year I particularly like the Bondy Christmas mini box of cards.
Tag: Christmas cards
Stefi Orazi Southbank Centre Christmas Cards
If you're a fan of the architecture of London's south bank, there's only one set of Christmas cards you should be sending this year: Stefi Orazi's Southbank Centre Christmas cards.
Produced exclusively for their shop, they are very much in the style of her Modernist Christmas cards, stylishly depicting a distinctive mid-century building and then adding snow. Each pack contains four cards – two showing the Royal Festival Hall (which opened in 1951) and two showing the Hayward Gallery (which opened in 1968).
A pack of four cards costs £6.40
Buy them online
V&A Seasonal Toys Christmas cards
These Seasonal Toys Christmas cards are inspired by objects in the V&A museum's massive collection. By seasonal, they mean toys very much in the Christmas spirit, such as the clockwork reindeer pictured which dates from the 1970s.
Each pack contains three designs so, as well as the reindeer, you also get an image of a 1970s toy train and a late '40s clockwork turkey. Perfect for a bit of seasonal nostalgia.
A pack of twelve cards costs £4.50.
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Mid-Century Modern Christmas Cards
For those determined to have an entirely retro Christmas, Etsy seller dodelinedesign has some great Christmas cards designs, with my favourite being the Mid-Century Modern Christmas Cards.
These cards features a pile of classic chairs (it looks like an Eames design), stacked on top of one another in a Christmas tree formation and topped with a simple red star. You can buy an individual card for around £1.90, or buy in packs of 8 or 20 to save some money, which are priced just under £10 and around £18 respectively.
Buy them online at Etsy.
Sukie Christmas Cards
Although only just November, it probably isn’t too early to be planning for Christmas especially when ordering things online. So here is my first suggestion for suitably retro Christmas cards from Sukie.
Like other Sukie products, the Christmas cards feature folk art style illustrations in a palette of blue, green, red and pink. There are five designs to chose from; Peace, Love, Joy, City (which includes a snokflake and Christmas tree to keep it festive) and Tree.
They cost £1.80 per card from Nineteen Seventy Three.
Blossom and Bill Christmas cards from ISAK
There are several different cards available featuring our favourite retro duo in festive situations, including the Gingerman and the Mistletoe designs shown above. The mistletoe design shows a bold new direction for the couple – clothes! The cards cost £2 each.
Buy them from Nineteen Seventy Three
