Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Retro lunch boxes by Birdyhome

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Create a splash in the office (or at school) with these very cool retro lunch boxes by Birdyhome.

Take your pick of three vintage illustrations – I Love London, Circus or Spaceboy, each with contrast bases and plenty of room for a sandwich or snack.

Cheap enough too, retailing online for just £7 each.

Find out more at the Not On The High Street website

Categories / Homeware

Mr Wingate East End Pub Crawl Cushions

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East London-based designer Mr Wingate started out making t-shirts and bags, but has recently branched out into home textiles, including a series of East End Pub Crawl Cushions.

Each design has an illustration of a traditional English boozer on it. Choose from the Macbeth in blue, the George and Dragon in green or the Royal Oak in red.

The cushions cost £35 each and including a cushion pad. Buy the East End Pub Crawl cushions directly from Mr Wingate’s website.

Categories / Architecture, Art and Photography

Trellick Tower silkscreen print by Jo Peel

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The speciality of Jo Peel is capturing the everyday world and giving it her own distinctive spin, shown perfectly by this Trellick Tower silkscreen print.

Erno Goldfinger's brutalist masterpiece (or eyesore, depending on your view) is given something of a comic book twist by the artist, making it her own, but at the same time, keeping the unmistakable profile of the tower block.

The print is sized at 66 x 48cm and is only available as a run of 25 in the red here. If you want one, it sells for £65.

Find out more at the Art Republic website

Categories / Food and Drink, Travel

London Double Decker bus teapot

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There seems to be no shortage of products for the home inspired by London's transport system, the latest being this Double Decker bus teapot

It's an attractive white teapot decorated with images of the Routemaster, all number 73 en route to Victoria Station. The buses aren't just the traditional red either, but also in colours like powder blue and green. As a finishing touch the lid of the teapot is decorated with an image of the push button you'd press when you'd want the bus to stop. 

The teapot costs £14.99 and you can also get accompanying large drinking mugs for £4.99. 

Buy it from Rockett St George

Categories / Art and Photography

I Love London and I Love Recycling limited edition large metal prints by Sir Peter Blake

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Some time back, we highlighted the rather cool wall signs featuring Sir Peter Blake's I Love London and I Love Recycling design. Well, even better, there are now giant metal prints of the designs available – but in very limited numbers.

Printed onto recycled tin (to fit in with the theme), each one is signed and numbered by the artist, with the London print limited to 75, while the Recycling print is in a run of just 25, both sized at 62 x 81cm – the largest tin prints Blake has ever produced.

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Categories / Homeware

Maria Holmer-Dahlgren London tea towel

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We've featured her tray and dish cloth, now you can complete your kitchen set with this Maria Holmer-Dahlgren London tea towel

Like the other designs, it features her distinctive Pop-like depictions of the capital showing everything from Eros to Tower Bridge to the Gherkin to some quirky illustrations of the British weather. There'll always be a new detail to spot as you're drying up your dishes. 

The tea towel is also available in a red and black combination and costs £11.75.

Buy it from To Dry For