This Great British Biscuit tea towel celebrates all that is good about one of our favourite teatime snacks.
It's designed by Jill Tytherleigh and shows some British biscuit classics, such as the jammy dodger, fig roll, malted milk and digestive. Charmingly illustrated, it's bound to inspire you to reach for that tin.
The tea towel costs £10.
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Not sure how we missed this reissue at the back end of 2010, the reissue of the 2011: Living in the Future book by Geoffrey Hoyle that is, courtesy of Green Tiger Press.
Originally published back in 1972 and primarily aimed at children, it was as mix of text and illustrations (courtesy of Alasdair Anderson) that attempted to predicted what life would be like in 2011, a modern-day utopia of three-day working weeks, breakfast factories, 'vision phones' and traffic-free commutes. Some have obviously not happened, but one or two of the predictions have. Those phones for example.
If you want to re-live your childhood or you want a child's eye view of the future promised to us all those years ago, you can grab the 64-page hardback reissue now online, priced at £7.50. An inside shot over the page.
More products celebrating London, though Cole of London's London mugs are a quirky take on the trend.
There are four mugs available, each featuring a different London landmark – pick from Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London or the Houses of Parliament. Each place is depicted in a sketchy style which contrasts to the official looking title and facts that are listed on the side of each mug. It's a style that's reminiscent of the work of Royston Cooper, who produced many travel advertisements in the 50s and 60s – and that's a very good thing indeed.
Made from bone china, the mugs cost £10 each.
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Another bright tea towel to brighten up your kitchen, this Kuppila tea towel is designed by Polkka Jam.
Polkka Jam is the work of a Finnish duo and this design is typical of their work. It features patterned and colourful kitchenware with more than a little touch of retro style. Some of their other designs feature stacked tea cups and even a decorative tea urn. In fact, you're bound to find something that's just your cup of tea.
The tea towel costs 16.50 Euros.
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Looking for some reasonably priced art? Take a look at the work of Bryony Lloyd, here illustrated by her Desperate Housewife print.
Bryony is a London-based artist who describes her work as being inspired by the nostalgic and the mystical. This print definitely leans towards the former quality, depicting a glamorous 1960s era woman complete with leopard print swimsuit, martini glass and mid-century style side table – you can have fun speculating on her back story yourself.
The price is very reasonable too: an A3 giclee print costs £20.
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This Chh Beep Click print isn't the first time Charlotte Farmer has teamed up with Found Bath – you may remember her festive Rock N Roll Christmas range. That collaboration – showing rock n roll stars alongside now redundant technology - was apparently the inspiration for this print. The redundant technology in this case is the Walkman, a desirable piece of kit in the 1980s.
The image captures the chunky delights of the walkman, complete with the buttons that made the sounds that have given their title to the print. The print has been created using a mixture of screen-printing and embossing to create an unusual and tactile texture to the print.
If you like the look of this, you're advised to snap it up now. It's part of a closed edition of just 10 prints.
The print costs £95.
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