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Sodas: Pop-inspired prints by The Design Conspiracy

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Soda

The Design Conspiracy have been influenced by Pop Art in their new series of Sodas screen prints. 

The London-based design studio have produced five different designs, each illustrating the top of a vintage soda bottle. The bright colours and over-sized graphics, fascination with packaging and the collective work on the project has obvious links back to Warhol and his factory project. Attractive individually, or a a set, each design is hand-pulled screen printed and limited to just 25 copies. 

The designs cost £35 each. 

Buy them from the Keep Calm Gallery

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Marianne Westman 50s Mon Amie design

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You may recognise Marianne Westman's Mon Amie design, created for Rörstrand in the 1950s. The blue and white design pattern has been a much loved Swedish design ever since. The company has now introduced it onto new, twenty-first century tableware, including this mug and plate set.

The handle-less mug and the plate are perfect for using for a stylish snack. Both items are made from dishwasher proof porcelain. 

The set costs $54. 

Buy them from Huset-Shop

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Stig Lindberg Prunus dinnerware

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Prunus

Another distinctive design to add to the list of Stig Lindberg re-issues is the Prunus dinnerware. 

This design comes slightly later than many of his other re-issued ranges: it was originally manufactured between 1962 and 1974. However, its fruity pattern still looks fresh and is perfect for Spring. The range is still manufactured by Gustavsbergs Porslinsfabrik in Sweden. 

Prices start at £38.77 for a small plate. 

Buy it from the Scandinavian Design Center

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Gillian Kyle Creamola Foam bag

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If you are Scottish and of a certain age, you are likely to recognise the design Gillian Kyle has used on her new bag, featuring the packaging for the Creamola Foam drink. 

For those less in the know, Creamola foam was a soft drink manufactured, as it says on the bag, in the form of soluble crystals. It was made in Glasgow and sold from the fifties until 1998 when Nestlé ceased production of the drink. If you're eager to try some, there's apparently now an independent company who manufacture a similar drink but until you track them down, this bag is a tasty substitute. The charming packaging of the crystals has been foil printed in fuchsia onto a plain cotton tote. 

If you've got a sweet tooth for all things Scottish, Kyle was the artist behind the Tunnock's Tea Cake tote bag we featured a little while back.

You can get the back for £17.50. 

Buy it from Folksy

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Daily menu 1950s designed paper napkins

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Nilsson napkin

With the UK finally getting some good weather at the weekend, picnic season seems to be upon us once again. Add some retro flair to your picnic with these Daily Menu napkins. 

The paper napkins use a design by Marianne Nilsson from the 1950s and illustrate possible menus for various meals in the day. You may remember the homeware range we featured a little while back, featuring Nilsson's Herring design. These napkins are equally Scandinavian in its choice of flavours, with boiled egg and cheese offered as one of the breakfast options. You may not agree with her suggestions but the simple line drawings, combined with grey and bright lime and yellow colours, make the napkins look a pretty tasty option. 

A pack of 20 costs £3.50. 

Buy it from New House Textiles

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Tiki drink recipe cards from Sivletto

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Sivletto cards

Add some swing to a soiree with these Tiki drink recipe cards from Sivletto. 

The cards feature 24 recipes for creating delicious (or lethal) sounding cocktails in your own home, including the likes of the Denby Daiquiri which was created in the 1950s at the Mai-Kai hotel. If this isn't enough to entice you to indulge, they've also asked twelve artists, each with a suitably retro flavour, to illustrate the cards. The likes of Pekka Wizzz, Doug Horne and Lord Dunsby have all obliged meaning you'll come out of the deal with something nice to look at, as well as a likely hangover. 

The original designs were on display at the Sivletto store in Stockholm but you can buy these reproductions for just £16 from their website. 

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