Granny Takes A Trip t-shirts

Topman isn't usually the first place to look for iconic design, but that's where you'll find it from this week, courtesy of The Look Presents Nigel Waymouth.

For the uninitiated, Nigel Waymouth was a giant of 1960s fashion and design, responsible for the (in)famous Kings Road boutique Granny Takes A Trip (a favourite haunt for the likes of the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Anita Pallenberg, Brigitte Bardot and Marianne Faithfull) and the Hapshash graphic design company, producing posters and record sleeves for the The Who and Jimi Hendrix.

Philip Townsend 1960s photographs

Remember the Sorry You Missed The Sixties exhibition? Well, if you missed Philip Townsend's photographs of the great and the good in Swinging London, you can now buy the pick of the photos at That Canvas.

Take your pick from the likes of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Twiggy, shops and cars of the era or the Cannes Film Festival. Although personally, I favour this candid shot of Susanna York and a scooter rider from 1966.

Prices vary, but typically, a framed and ready to hang photo, hand-finished with the photographer's name starts at £75.

Find out more at the That Canvas website

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Saul Bass exhibition poster

Back in 2004, London's Design Museum held an exhibition of the work of Saul Bass, producing a superbly stylish poster to go along with it. If you missed it, here's some good news - a limited edition re-print is now available.

Saul Bass was the master of film title design thanks to his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. This poster was inspired by Bass’ titles for Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder and is sized at 1000 x 700mm and printed on parilux matt white 150 gsm paper.

Just £15 buys you one - but don't hang about, once the new stock has sold through, no more will be printed.

Find out more at the Design Museum Store website

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Peter Blake I Love You print

Prints are often a sound investment, especially when it's the work of Sir Peter Blake - as is the case with the I Love You silkscreen print, available now from CCA Galleries.

Based on Blake's pop art work from the early 60s, the print is bright and bold and limited to just 175 worldwide (the first 25 are already spoken for, but you can request any of the other numbers - stock permitting).

For authenticity, the 595 x 820mm print has CCA’s publisher stamp embossed in bottom right hand corner and a certificate of authenticity - but not the gallery's website url as seen on the one here. Unframed, it will cost £795.

Find out more at the CCA Galleries website

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Wanted: Your recommendations

Well, we've (almost) got a brand new website, now all that's needed is a serious update of the content.

We've got the album reviews covered, not to mention films and books (although it's always good to hear of new ones - and indeed new bands). But we could do with your help for the club listings, recommended shops, scooter dealers, barbers - you know the kind of thing.

If you can help with anything (nothing is too small), then please fire over an email to:
david@modculture.co.uk
- with the subject of what you're sending about (club, shop etc) and the details in the main body. Check out the current sections for the kind of info we need. If you have any ideas for news stories, fire them to the same address too.

Right now it's UK only, but we are considering expanding the shopping guides to worldwide. If you can help, drop us a line...it might just push us into doing it.

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An interview with Dean Belcher

As we mentioned earlier, Dean Belcher will be introducing his Mods: Influences and Inspirations photo exhibition in July, which will show off images of a cross-section of mods from the modern era, taken in Dean's studio over a number of months.

So it made sense to collar Dean for an interview for Modculture - which we did - and that interview is now live on the site. Dean talks about is mod past, how he broke into photography and what led him to this project. You'll also get a preview of some of the images.

Check it out via the link below.

Read our interview with Dean Belcher

Swifty's pop art with a twist

Regular readers will know that Swifty recently re-designed the Modculture site, but is perhaps better known for the likes of the Talkin' Loud, Blue Note and Mo Wax labels as well as the Straight No Chaser magazine (amongst many other projects and designs). He's an artist too - producing his very own Swifty-style pop art.

And if you want to invest in his art, you can pick it up at this weekend's Art Car Boot Sale in London, where you'll find etchings likes the Green Shield above, as well as the silkscreen prints like the Organic Swifties Tomato Soup can amongst many other works. Look out for the Scrawl Collective Camp.

The Art Car Boot Fair is a great place to pick up work from new and established artists in a 'car boot' environment, with loads of family entertainment, food, a farmers market, plenty of surprises and all the haggling you would expect. It takes place on Sunday 8th June from midday to 6pm at 146 Brick Lane, London E1. Admission is £3.

Find out more at the Art Car Boot Fair website

60s inflatable furniture returns

A 1960s classic is back in 2008 - Quasar inflatable furniture, courtesy of Branex.

First available in 1969, the Quasar range (designed by Quasar Khanh) was seen as a reaction to traditional  solid structures - becoming a big favourite amongst the hip generation. But its more than a political statement - Quasar furniture is easily transportable, solid (small strips are added to the structure for support and shape) and made of triple strength PVC. And of course, there's those space age looks.

The models offered by Branex are the a Chesterfield sofa, a Satellite armchair and a Pouf stool. All are available in a choice of white or orange and, you'll be pleased to know, with a repair kit, with prices starting at around £75.

Find out more at the Made In Design website

Via Retro To Go

Modculture new design to launch

It's goodbye to purple and blue and hello to red, black and white as Modculture gets its first new design in around eight years.

As you can see from the image above, the new design is very different to the old one - although the site layout will be similar to the old one...at least for now. But we have removed all Flash code from the site - which has caused some problems to some users.

The new header and menu are the work of Swifty, best-known for Straight No Chaser magazine, Talkin' Loud, Blue Note, Mo Wax and various other projects you're probably familiar with - and it should be seen on the site from this weekend.

The downside is the number of pages on Modculture - so bear with us in the short term as the old design will mix with the new one. However, in the long term, it should herald in more new content and a new enthusiasm for the site.

Paris 1968 street posters re-printed

Great street design and a piece of social and political history too - these extremely limited edition prints of original Paris 1968 street posters are well worth a look.

They are available to coincide with the Hayward Gallery's May 68: Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion exhibition, which celebrates the artwork that inspired the social uprising in May 1968.

The Hayward Gallery is selling a limited edition book containing hand screen printed reproductions of 40 original May 68 posters, but the Keep Calm Gallery has a limited number of printer's proofs of each design, available individually as hand-pulled screen prints on recycled paper. Less than 10 of each one and each selling for around £30 per print. Get them while you can.

Find out more at the Keep Calm Gallery

Via Retro To Go

What do you want on the site?

We're about to start our re-design of the website and to go along with it, we want to stick up a load of new content. We hope to expand and improve existing sections, but we need to know specifically what you are interested in.

Do you want more listings? More news? More reviews? And if so - what kind of reviews do you want - clubs, events, films, books, music or anything else?

And do you want more articles - and if so, what kind of articles? And who do you want us to interview? Or perhaps you want something more technical - like a radio station or downloads? Would you be interest in well-designed merchandising?

Please let us know your thoughts abut the above and anything else by contacting the site or leaving a comment below. And if you fancy contributing in any way at all, we're ALWAYS happy to hear from you.

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The Story of The Supremes at the V&A

The V&A goes 60s soul from next month with its Story of The Supremes exhibition, showing the performance costumes of the band from the Mary Wilson collection.

It runs from 13th May to 19th October, with over 50 outfits on display, charting the changing image of the group from their dresses in the early days (when they were known as The Primettes) to the glamorous Hollywood designs they wore at the height of their fame. The exhibition will also explore the inspirational role The Supremes played in changing racial perceptions and their influence on today’s performers.

Sir Peter Blake limited edition Pop t-shirt

Regular readers will know we are big fans of the work of Sir Peter Blake, so no surprise to see this Sir Peter Blake Pop limited edition t-shirt featured.

It's also great value and a superb design - typical Blake with the bold target and star motifs amongst other imagery, combining to form the word 'Pop' on a grey t-shirt background.

Sold with a certificate and in a gift box in just about every size imaginable, it retails for £29.

Find out more at the Ink-d website

Via Retro To Go

Mods - Sunday Times 1964

If your eyesight isn't up to it, the caption reads...

They have been called the "anti-hoorays".

"But you can tell us by the way we walk - feet out", said one Mod.

"Rockers are hunched. We hope to stay smart for ever, not shoddy like our parents."

More snippets like this to follow over the coming days and weeks.

More photos and snippets at the Modculture Gallery

New: Art and design forums

We have just added some new areas to the Modculture forums - specifically some art and design forums.

We have three sections, covering art and photography, illustration and graphic design plus retro and vintage design. Feel free to post anything you like in those areas - or browse what's already in there.

If you want to keep up with the latest retro art and design news, Retro To Go is updated every day, covering those very things - and that particular site also has its own forum - which you can find here.

Visit the Modculture forums

Lennon's Magic Eye to go on display

A mosaic created by John Lennon in the mid-60s is to be seen by the pubic for the first time when it goes on display at The Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool.

"The Magic Eye" was a 16ft by 6ft artwork feature of Lennon's Kenwood estate swimming pool (in Surrey). The mosaic is thought to have been inspired by his interest in spiritual matters following The Beatles 1967 visit to India to study the teachings of Maharishi Yogi.

Weighing over two tons and made up of approximately 17,000 ceramic pieces, it has been painstakingly restored by ardent Beatles fan Tom Lorimer, a technician at Liverpool John Moore's University. Lorimer had been contacted by Merseyside businessman Wladek 'Butch' Reszczynski, who had been asked to clear items from the derelict site of the 1984 International Garden Festival. The story goes that he found The Magic Eye and stored it in a field in the Wirral, only belatedly discovering the Lennon connection. Lorimer says;

John Lennon was fascinated by Indian mysticism. He designed The Magic Eye based on the Maharishi's teachings about the Eye of Knowledge or the Middle Eye. It was in very poor condition. Moss was covering it in parts but I offered to restore it and Butch agreed.

The Magic Eye goes on display in early March at the newly expanded Beatles museum on Albert Dock. For more on the museum and the artwork visit The Beatles Story website here.

Leeds in the 60s photo exhibition

Swiss photographer Eric Jaquier was a resident of Leeds in the late 60s, filling his time as a stay-at-home husband with photography of everyday life in Leeds. And 38 years later, those photos are on display in Leeds as part of the Strangely Familiar exhibition at PSL.

It's now a great record of British working-class life in that era - everything from children playing in the street, houses and shops, city centre architecture, businessmen heading to work, people killing time around town - even mods on scooters, years after the movement's heyday.

The photos sit alongside more modern images by Peter Mitchell, comparing the city past and present. Strangely Familiar runs from 27th February - 10th May 2008. See the link below for information about the gallery.

Find out more at the PSL Gallery website

Via Retro To Go

Twiggy bath hand puppet

Not just a plaything, this Twiggy hand puppet is a bath time mitt too.

Available from Twiggybits in association with MonkeyInADryer.com and Frothco.com, the Twiggy puppet is individually handmade before being colour  screenprinted with the cartoon Twiggy design. And the back made of terry cloth - which means Twiggy can give you a rub down in the bath (although we'd rather not go there).

You can pick one up online for a limited time, you can pick one up for $20, which is around £10.

Find out more at the Twiggybits website

Via Retro To Go

David Barrow Mod/Soul paintings

David Barrow has exhibited his paintings at some of the country's leading galleries, counts Paul Weller amongst his fans and designed the cover for Ocean Colour Scene's Live At The Jam House album. He also has prints of his mod and soul-based work available on is website.

The two series probably of most interest are his Northern Soul and Mod paintings. The Northern Soul images are based around the Wigan Casino (Barrow was born in the town), with the Mod paintings being more generic 'parkas and scooters' images.

Many of the images of display are in private or museum hands, but you can purchase prints of the work on 300g card, signed by the artist in either A4 or A3 sizes. Prices range between £9.99 and £19.99. Or if you have the money to purchase an original, contact the artist.

Find out more at the David Barrow website

"Ready Teddy Go" mod-inspired figurine

Now he's something you don't see every day - a teddy bear riding a scooter!

Meet ‘Ready, Teddy, Go!’, a hand-made, hand-painted figurine brought to you by The Bradford Group. Wearing the traditional parka, suit and penny loafers, our hero is sat astride a heavily customised red scooter. This little piece of art would love great on the mantelpiece, and may spark debate as to whether a 'Ted' can also be a mod...perhaps one for the modabilly in all of us then.

Reddy Teddy Go retails at £19.95 and is available from The Bradford Groups website here.

Send Modculture your news stories

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We need your news stories. This can be just about anything - club news, clothing (things you've seen online or in stores), music news, events, art/design, films, scootering, new band recommendations, cool websites, things you've seen in the media, new books - in fact, whatever you see that has any interest to a mod audience rather than just related to the mod scene.

So we can get things online quickly, we have set up a new inbox for your stories. Email anything you have to:
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Please note:
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Target coasters in a tin

For your mod-themed home, the perfect accessory - these target coasters in a tin.

Not much else to say really, except that you get four coasters, made of metal with a cork base and sold in a metallic tin,

You can pick them up online, priced at £3.99.

Find out more at the Contemporary Home website

Via Retro To Go

10 questions with...

In an attempt to keep Modculture moving along with fresh content, we are starting a series of weekly interviews - and you could be one of them.

10 questions with... is exactly what it says - 10 questions with a range of people, from people on the mod scene past and present, to musicians, designers, clothing retailers, artists, DJs - in fact, just about anyone with a relevance with mod past, present or future.

Don't be shy - if you want to put yourself forward, please do so, we would love to hear from you. Or if you have a suggestion for someone we should interview, please tell us. Or finally, if you actually want to do the interview (which is as easy as compiling 10 questions in an email), again drop us a line - and the person you want to interview. Chances are we'll be able to get hold of them.

And watch out for the first interviews online later this week. More detailed interviews are to follow when the site re-design is completed.

Drop us a line about the interviews

Next offers mod-themed bedroom

Looking to kit your room out with targets? Next has just the thing with its mod-themed bedroom.

This is a child's bedroom, but you can get a double version of the bed linen from the website. Everything else is suitable for big or small kids, with the mod-patched lined curtains for between £45 - £70, mod patches large target stickers for £25, the mod patches cushion for £12, the bed linen set for between £35 and £45, the throw for £40, target playsack for £50 and the target rug for £30.

For a better view of the bed linen see over or check the Next website for detailed descriptions of each item.

Find out more at the Next website

Club Ink - flyers from the past

Richard Karstrom has a lot of flyers - as a DJ, club regular and editor of the Uppers site, he's probably got 100s knocking about. Which is why he has set up Club Ink.

Club Ink shows off the artwork of the mod scene past and present, from the UK, Europe and beyond. There's around 300 up there already, with more being added all the time. Enjoy a bit of nostalgia - or just marvel at the quality of homemade flyers, many with very stylish retro design, created with absolutely no budget and probably very little training.

View the flyers at the Club Ink website

And if you want more of the same, check out the vintage fanzine gallery on Modculture.

Retro To Go Forums now online

If you're a fan of our Retro To Go website and indeed all things retro, you may like to know that the Retro To Go Forums are now online.

Please sign up and give it a try - you'll find a new outlet for your spare time to discuss everything from retro design, interiors and property through to fashion, books, music film and just about anything else you want to discuss. And if you're familiar with the Modculture forums, you'll know how it all works already.

You'll also be helping us test if it is working properly if you sign up. Find it at www.retrotogoforums.com - please bookmark it and we'll see you there.

Visit the Retro To Go Forums

Twiggy Mirror by Wendell Storm

Looking for some functional artwork? You need the Twiggy Mirror.

It was designed by Wendell Storm for Spazia, using a classic 60s Twiggy image imposed onto a mirror. Yes, a mirror - if you can avoid Twiggy's model glare, you can use it to check your appearance or to add a sense of space to a room.

Sized at 12-inches x 12-inches and in a brushed metal frame, it did retail for $250, but you can now pick one up for $199 (around £100).

Find out more at the Nova68 website

Via Retro To Go

60s In Colour canvas art

Torn between some photography or some art on your wall? You should check out this rather smart canvas art by 60s In Colour.

60s In Colour is artist/photographers Brian Bignell and Diane Thornton, who have used their skills to produce colourised effects from Brian's original black and white photographs of well known sixties groups and solo artists taken during the period 1963 - 1966. The results are shown in the above images of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Roger Daltrey. And if they don't appeal, there's a number of other acts to choose from.

Prices vary dependent on the canvas size you want, but typically start from £58.

Find out more at the Back2thewall website

Via Retro To Go

60s Underground Q&A at the ICA

To coincide with the Freak Out Ethel! night at the ICA, there's another event which sounds much more interesting - a talk plus Q&A session covering the original 14-Hour Technicolor Dream event with people key to it.

These include Joe Boyd, producer of the likes of The Pink Floyd, The Incredible String Band and Fairport Convention and author of the must-read White Bicycles, Miles - founder of the UK's first underground newspaper (International Times) and the Indica bookstore, Hoppy Hopkins - man behind the resurrection of the Notting Hill carnival, UFO Club and original 14-Hour Technicolor Dream and John Dunbar - founder of the Indica art gallery.

Tickets are £10 / £9 Concessions / £8 ICA Members or you can bag a joint one for this and the Freak Out Ethel! night.

More on the ICA website

60s Mod birthday card

Does the image look familiar? Well, it will do it you own the Mods book by Richard Barnes (an essential buy for anyone with an interest in the subject). And it's been reproduced here for this Mods birthday card.

I encountered it at the weekend in a shop in a small Lancashire town (Ramsbottom if you must know) and it's made by a company called Pigment Productions. As well as the front cover image of a group of Mods in 1964, there's a small target logo on the back and a brief birthday message inside.

You'll probably need to check with the company for a local retailer - and if you do, expect to pay around £1.60.

Find out more at the Pigment Productions website

Peter Whitehead at the NFT

Peter Whitehead's work as chronicler of the counter-culture is celebrated from March 1st - March 11th 2007 at London's NFT, including a "meet and greet" with the man himself.

As you can imagine from someone capturing the cutting edge of the the late 60s, his work is interesting, but unlikely to appeal to typical regular cinema-goers. Still, there's plenty worth checking out for fans of the era, including his most famous work - Tonite Let's All Make Love in London, which is still probably the best recorded document of "Swinging London" and indeed, the people that were doing the swinging.

And if you want to find out more about the man, book a ticket for Peter Whitehead in Conversation on March 7th, which covers his past works, a glimpse of current work in progress and an interview with Whitehead on the NFT stage.

Find out more at the NFT website

British psych prints at the V&A

Last year, London's V&A hosted a Sixties Graphics exhibition, which featured artwork and design from the period 1965 - 1972, including the work of designers such as Nigel Waymouth, Michael English and Martin Sharp. And if you head over to the V&A site, you can buy reproduction prints from the some of the more famous moments of British psychedelia.

There's five posters available, mainly from the infamous UFO Club and featuring resident band The Pink Floyd. And pictured here is my favourite print - UFO's Nite Tripper Freakout - which promised The Floyd, Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger amongst others for a bargain 10 shillings,

The re-print posters cost a little more - dependent on the size and quality you choose, prices start at £5, rising to £50.

See the full range of psychedelic posters at the V&A site

Via Retro To Go

V&A's 60s Fashion Study Day

Make a date in your diary for Saturday January 20th 2007, when the V&A in London will host Costume Society Study Day: Reconstructing 60s Fashion - a study day covering 60s fashion, with some of the era's biggest names in attendance.

The event runs from 10pm until 4:30pm and features contributions from Mary Quant, Paul Gorman, Zandra Rhodes, Felicity Green, Barbara Hulanicki, Marit Allen, Marion Foale & Sally Tuffin, Paul Reeve, Justin de Villeneuve and Sylvia Ayton. Themes to be discussed (with audience participation) include Design and Education, Journalism and Photography, Boutiques and Shops, Music and "The Scene".

Tickets are priced at £38, £32 (senior citizen), £20 (Costume Society members) and £12 (students with ID).

Find out more at the V&A website

Via Retro To Go

Sorry You Missed The Sixties

If you missed Philip Townshend's Sorry You Missed The Sixties exhibition earlier this year, there's some good news. It's returning to London, this time at ninetythree from December through to January.

Sorry You Missed The Sixties is the decade as seen through the lens of  Philip Townsend, featuring a host of icons and celebrities from "swinging London". Townsend spent most of the decade freelancing for the Daily Express, as well as featuring in the Tatler, Honey, Harpers Bazaar, Der Stern, Neue Revue, Tempo, Paris Match and New York Times.

Included in the exhibition are Marlon Brando, Andrew Loog Oldham, Jimmy Page, Elizabeth Taylor, Aristotle Onassis, Marty Wilde, Dudley Moore, Richard Burton, Twiggy, Jacquelin Bisset, Charlotte Rampling and The Beatles - around 80 images from the photographer's archive.

There's a private viewing on Thursday 7th December at the gallery, with the exhibition continuing until 14th January 2007 (but closed during Christmas week).

ninetythree
93 Fairfield Road
Bow
London
E3 2QA

Find out more at the ninetythree website

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 going back to the 60s, specialising in producing graphics inspired by Pop Art. In fact, his work from the 60s and 70s is in the collection of the V&A Museum, so you're sending some serious art to your friends and family.

A box of 10 cards with envelopes (each measuring 12 x 17cm) costs an incredibly reasonable £6.

Find out more at the V&A Online Shop

Via Retro To Go

Sainsburys' Mod pencil cases

It's amazing what you find on a trip down to the supermarket - today I found this Mod pencil case at my local Sainsburys.

It's actually manufactured by Helix, who obviously feel that there's some kind of Mod revival going on in our schools. It's grey and available in two colour schemes - the grey/red design (as pictured) and a green/yellow design. Note that the colours are a little more vibrant than the scan suggests,

You get the whole Mod works in the print - arrow, target, mirrrored-up scooter and union jack, with the words "soul culture" at the top (if that had been "mod culture" we'd be talking litigation!) and a tyre track print on the rear.

It costs £2.99 - I know this because I bought one just so I could tell you all about it!

Sainsburys website

Matto Le D. - cool retro art

We've featured some very smart retro-styled art on this site in the past - Shag, Hisknibs and Kavel to name just three - but here's another one to add to your list - Matto Le D.

Very much styled in that early 60s cartoon styling (he quotes his influences as commercials from the UPA studios and Jaques Tati movies), Matto's artwork follows the lead of Shag in going for cocktails, tiki and beatniks, along with an occasional dose of Mod - but with his own twist.

The image here is for a comic Motto is currently working on, but if you want to pick up some of his work on canvas, you can buy limited prints (25 only of each) directly from his website. There's also plenty of other material there to enjoy. Definitely one to watch for the future.

Visit Matt Le D.'s website

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As you may have noticed, the Modculture news section is update virtually every day with anything from fashion finds to gigs, clubs, events, music releases, upcoming TV and competitions. And it's all down to you.

If you want anything featuring in the news section (and on the site frontpage), you just need to email it across. If it's interesting/relevant, we'll put it up and it'll be read by thousands of people every single day.

Just email your news or anything you think interesting to:
news@modculture.co.uk
- and we'll do our best to spread it around!

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, you get the duvet cover, which is available in sizes single, double and king size, along with two matching pillow covers. It's made of a cotton and ployester mix, is machine washable and tumble dryer friendly.

As far as we know, it's available exclusively from Tesco (and you can buy it online), with prices ranging from £9.97 to £17.97, depending on your size of bed.

Find out more from the Tesco Direct website

Pop Art gift boxes

Ok, so you've picked up a well thought-out gift, but you're struggling to find the packaging to make it stand out from all the other gifts your friend or relative has received. You need a Pop Art gift box.

Ideal for any small pressie, these gift boxes from Big Tomato also have a small price - just £3 each. Or if you're feeling selfish, they'll also make very cool ornaments for your own shelves too.

Find out more from the Big Tomato website

60 Years Of British Art

There's a great chance to brush up your knowledge and see some of Britain's finest modern-era art up close at How to Improve the World - a celebration of 60 years of the Arts Council Collection at the Hayward Gallery in London.

This major exhibition features work from the Arts Council Collection, covering the years 1946 - 2006 and over 100 artists, including heavyweights such as Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Patrick Caulfield, Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney and Bridget Riley.

There's also a diverse programme of supporting events including an afternoon of live performance art compèred by Bob and Roberta Smith on the 7th October, a reconstruction of Gustav Metzger’s ledgendary South Bank Demonstration performed in 1961 on the 14th October, and a full talks programme including speakers such as Bridget Riley, Peter Blake, Martin Creed and Susan Hiller.

It runs from 7th September to 19th November.

Find out more at the Hayward Gallery website

Habitat's 60s film poster range

Alongside the usual apartment-friendly blobs of colour that passes for an art range, Habitat has added some re-prints of vintage film posters to its shelves this season.

The range is a mix of traditional prints and prints on canvas, all measuring 70cm x 100cm.

The one pictured here is from Godard's classic A Bout De Souffle, which retails for £25. The canvas prints, which includes the likes of Blow Up and Barbarella, sell for around £95 each.

Considerably cheaper than an original, but unlikely to gain in value like a vintage one.

Find out more from the Habitat Art website

Hisknibs website updated

If you've not visit the website of Hisknibs recently, it might be worth another visit. Or if you've never had a browse through Steve Millington's 60s-inspired artwork, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

The Hisknibs website has now been updated with some new designs - ranging from cool retro artwork to Steve's latest designs for t-shirts, CD covers and of course, the latest artwork for Sheffield's Pow Wow Club.

Steve's got a few merchandising projects in the pipeline, so expect to see some cool Hisknibs items for sale in the very near future.

Visit the Hisknibs website

Kavel's cool flyer art

Even if you've not been down to London's much-rated monthly Shake night, you may well have caught sight of the fantastic flyers for the night - either around London or indeed on the web.

They're the work of Kavel, who has been doing these superb pieces of flyer art for well over a year. As befits the night, each one features Kavel's take on a soul legend - and collectively they make up a fantastic collection.

Which is why we've got them together and put them online as a gallery, giving these gems the attention they deserve. With these and the excellent Pow Wow artwork, it could be the end for the tired old Twidggy/scooter flyers.

Browse through Kavel's flyers from Shake

You can find out more about Kavel's work at Kavel's website.

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 your walls - or you simply want to invest in something a little different (and more affordable), how about these Peter Blake Pop Art enamel badges?

For your money, you get four enamel badges (which should look quite familiar to anyone with the Stanley Road album), measuring 36mm x 36mm each, each set boxed, signed and numbered from a limited edition of just 2000 worldwide.

They'll set you back £25 (plus postage), but seem a very shrewd investment - certainly for any Paul Weller fan.

Find out more at the Pallant Gallery webshop

Sixties Graphics at the V&A

It's going to be a sixties summer over at the V&A. As well as the Swinging London exhibition, they'll also be hosting a display of graphic material including posters, magazines, photographs, album covers and other printed ephemera, covering the period 1965-1972.

Sixties Graphics will focus on the huge explosion of talent in London in the mid-sixties, as well as charting the emergence of the 'counter-culture', the 'underground press' and the development of psychedelia.

On show will be key works by Peter Blake, plus inconic posters by artists Nigel Waymouth and Mic