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V&A's retro pop art Christmas cards

Christmas cards – almost impossible to find something cool and classy. Or is it? Not if you pick up these fantastic retro pop art Christmas cards from the V&A Museum Shop. The cards were designed by Clifford Richards exclusively for the V&A for this Christmas. Richards is a graphic designer […]

James Brown rubber duck

Forget the traditional yellow duck, novelty ducks are the way to go – and the best around is surely the James Brown rubber duck. Yes, sure to be the hardest working duck in the bath, it’s got the James Brown hairdo, showbiz top, microphone and gold ring, not to mention […]

Retro Target duvet set

At first glance, we thought this was a "Mod" target duvet, but on closer inspection, this Retro Target Duvet Set is more of a take on the traditional target, a slightly off centre circular design, looking not unlike a coloured version of the old Vertigo record label. For your money, […]

Peter Blake Pop Art Enamel badges

Famous for both the Sgt Pepper’s sleeve (and more recently Paul Weller’s Stanley Road), Peter Blake is first and foremost a very sought-after artist – both for his original works and his limited edition prints – and certainly one worth investing in. If you haven’t got any room left on […]

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Original 60s gig posters by Colin Duffield

Modculture, in assocation with Bullet in Sheffield and artist Colin Duffield (referred to as “the pioneer of 60s poster art”) will soon offer for sale original live music posters from the Mojo Club in Sheffield featuring the biggest bands ever – including many mod favourites.

Cool mints for cool people!

Hint Mint, makers of particularly stylish tins of breath mints, have introduced a limited edition artist series of curving sliding tins. The first series is by the unbelievably cool and collectable US retro artist Shag. These are available in the US pretty widely, but in the UK you might have […]