They got a reissue in a red with black detailing back in 2008 as part of a wider City Series reissue program, now the Adidas London is back with a flipped colourway. But hurry – some sizes are already selling out.
Yes, instead of black leather on a red suede background, you get orange/red leather detailing on a black suede background, plus the gold foil print, embossed pimpled tongue and a gum sole.
Like we said, these are selling fast, so get in while you can – £54.99 is the price.
The Double Decker Routemaster Print from I Love Design celebrated the most iconic of all buses.
Rather than being drawn in the traditional red, the buses are all decorated in a choice of traditional British patterns. Yes, that does mean the Union Jack, but also two patterns that celebrate London with illustrations of phone boxes and landmarks and one decorated with a “bus and soldier” pattern. The history of the Routemaster is written at the bottom of the print.
The posters are sold unframed and cost £20 for the A3 size or £30 for the A2 size. Buy online from I Love Design’s shop on Not on the High Street.
This isn't the first time we've featured the iconic outline of Battersea power station and I doubt it will be the last. It's not the first time we've featured a Snowden Flood take on it either. However, the design is given a new twist with Snowden Flood's Battersea toile fabric plate.
Unlike her usual designs, which normally feature a plain, colourful outline of the building, here she's gone much further back in the history of textiles for inspiration – to the eighteenth century no less – and filled the outline with a pretty pastoral toile pattern. The contrast works really well and hints at something of the long history of the Thames and its activities.
It's an unusual piece that costs £35.
Buy it online
It's a style that doesn't appeal to everyone, but from architectural perspective, this 1930s Berthold Lubetkin-designed modernist house on Genesta Road, Plumstead, London SE18 is one of the most significant period houses in Britain.
A mid-terrace house, it's one of a group of four properties designed by Lubetkin in the early 30s, grade II-listed and one of the last few properties remaining by Lubetkin and his Tecton practice, alongside the penguin pool at London Zoo, Finsbury Health Centre and the Highpoint flats in Highgate.
London in Letters Canvas should appeal to London lovers as well as anyone interested in typography. The canvas is a montage of photographs of words seen around London.
Street signs for iconic locations such as Carnaby Street, Camden Lock and the Old Bailey are mixed with tube,road and venue signs, commemorative plaques and colourful graffiti, which gives it a slightly eighties look. The square canvas is available in four sizes, 41cm priced £69, 61cm for £125, 76cm for £199 and 101cm for £299. The latter two sizes are limited editions so are numbered.
Buy the London in Letters Canvas from Mooch.
It’s fairly easy to find a nice fabric doorstop – we’ve featured more than a few on this site. The idea is given a fun twist with this doorstop by Pretty City which comes in the iconic shape of a red telephone box.
Though instantly recognisable as a phone box, it’s been given something of a make-over. The 10cm high doorstop is covered in appliqued and embroidered flowers and scrolls as well as the words ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ sewn onto either side of the doorstop. The stuffing also makes it a touch more wonky than your average phone box too, that’s unless vandals have been at it again of course.
A fun purchase, this doorstop costs £16.99.
Buy it from Dollydagger
