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A wonderful notebook for novelists; this is the perfect place to store all your writerly observations. The notebook features an elasticated pen holder at the side, a blue ribbon pager marker, and a handy elastic closure/page holder. 160 blank pages. Measures 21 x 14cm with...
£28.00
This striking necklace features a quotation from Sylvia Plath's stunning novel. "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am I am I am". Strong and moving words to wear close to your heart. Solid brass with 14...
£3.99
Errare humanum est, sed in errare perseverare diabolicum. "To err is human, but to persist in error is diabolical", said Seneca, and what better way to agree than with this eraser made by Atypyk. Measures 63mm x 49mm x 7mm.
£9.99
Capturing that excruciating moment when Mr Gove argued that if all schools improve their performance then they can all be above average. Genius! Strong cotton book bag with long handles. Measures 38 x 43cm.
£2.95
Henri Matisse's great piece of paper-cut art as you've never seen it before! In this fantastic range of cards, colour is separated from form and you are given the percentage of the surface area covered by each colour, offering a new way of appreciating the...
£10.99
A good philosophy for us all to follow. This mid-century design carries a great message: make WORDS, not war! Large canvas shopping bag with long handles.Measures 39 cm x 40cm; handles stretch to 28cm.
£10.99
Any literature enthusiast would appreciate these lovely black and white book cover coasters. They include favourite titles such as The Lord Of The Rings, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, Catch 22, The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and Dune, and are presented in...
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Vincent Van Gogh's 1888 painting of a café in Arles is surprisingly recognisable here, where colour is separated from form and the percentage of the surface area covered by each colour is given instead, offering a new way of appreciating the masterpieces of art. Measures...
£14.99
Let's be honest, we'll do anything to keep other people's hands off our journals...especially when they're this lovely! This journal features a soft-touch cover, a hand-sewn, lay-flat binding and no spiky quills of any description. 240 pages with ribbon marker.Includes pages with calendar, time zones...
£30.00
This 'practical manual for the lay student of color' (1901) by Emily Noyes Vanderpool, provided a prescient look at colour theory. An artist, collector, scholar, and historian Color Problems also showcases Vanderpool's wildly original approaches to colour analysis and interaction, foreshadowing mid-century design and minimalism...
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Composition C (1935) is one of the most famous of Mondrian's paintings and is rather an appropriate subject for this treatment, which separates colour from form and tells you the percentage of the surface area covered by each colour, offering a new way of appreciating...
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If all else fails, make like a Castor fiber. This journal features a soft-touch cover, a hand-sewn, lay-flat binding and lots of room for all your dam-building plans. 240 pages with ribbon marker.Includes pages with calendar, time zones and other useful information.Printed with soy inks...
£14.99
Imagine the to-do lists we could get through if we had as many arms as an octopod. This journal features a soft-touch cover, a hand-sewn, lay-flat binding and plenty of space for all your thoughts, musings and lists. We can't help you with the extra...
£17.99
As Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche said: 'I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be'. This metallic effect rose gold notebook echoes that sentiment with...
£14.99
Red, Fennec, Arctic or Grey - sometimes you just need to let it all out, and this journal is the perfect place to do it. Featuring a soft-touch cover, a hand-sewn, lay-flat binding and a judgment-free space for all your rants. 240 pages with ribbon...
£2.95
You can see the brown clothes and blue turban of Johannes Vermeer's c.1665 great classic. Colour and form have been separated, and instead we are told the percentage of the surface area covered by each colour. From a range of cards offering a new way...
£2.95
This is the 1872 Claude Monet painting, Impression, soleil levant which gave name to the Impressionist movement. This card removes all form leaving only the colours and tells you the percentage of the surface area covered by each colour, offering a new way of appreciating...
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Picasso's proto-cubist nudes were very shocking when first seen in 1907. Here they have had all form removed and the card presents you with the percentage of the surface area covered by each colour. Part of a range offering a new way of appreciating the...
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The umber and green tones of the most famous painting in the world are still recognisable, even though the enigmatic smile is gone. Da Vinici's composition has been broken down into component parts, separating colour from form and telling you the percentage of the surface...
£14.99
Because nothing says 'trouble-free life' like a domesticated South American camelid. Featuring a soft-touch cover, a hand-sewn, lay-flat binding and enough pages to solve (almost) all your problems. 240 pages with ribbon marker.Includes pages with calendar, time zones and other useful information.Printed with soy inks...
£16.95
A mere four years before the outbreak of World War One, nine sovereigns of Europe gathered in London for the funeral of Edward VII. By 1914, one had been assassinated and another four had been deposed. This t-shirt features a photograph from this rare meeting....
£14.99
Maybe it's you that's the smart ass. Maybe it's your friend, or your uncle, or your colleague. Either way, this is the journal for you. (Or them.) Featuring a soft-touch cover, a hand-sewn, lay-flat binding and plenty of space for all your very, very clever...
£2.95
Klimt's shimmering gilded painting has been loved since 1908 and here it is presented as a breakdown of each colour, by percentage of surface area covered. From a brilliant range of cards which separates colour from form offering a new way of appreciating the masterpieces...
£2.95
Henri Matisse's 1953 collage The Snail (L'escargot), with its blocks of vivid colour makes a very appropriate subject for this wonderful range of cards which separates colour from form and tells you the percentage of the surface area covered by each colour, offering a new...
£2.95
The Starry Night (1889) is one of the most loved of Vincent van Gogh's paintings. Here, the vibrant colours can be appreciated in their own right as form is removed and each colour is listed by percentage of the surface area covered. This inspiring range...
£9.95
This is what happens when you let academics loose on Clement Clarke Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. We feel it perfectly captures the excitement created by an 'imminent visitation from an eccentric philanthropist' in his 'miniature airborne runnered conveyance'. And a very 'ecstatic Yuletide...
£17.99
Metallic effect bordeaux red notebook with an embroidered quotation from Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: 'Well behaved women seldom make history'. This notebook includes tear out cards featuring illustrations and provocative phrases including 'Dream, do, dare', and 'Beauty, brains, balls'. Embroidered text.Measures 13.5 x 18.5 x 1.5 cm.Alternating...
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Do you have moments of 'oops'? Well stress no more - this eraser will help. Measures 7 cm x 4 cm x 1.5cm.
£12.99
An interactive poster with a musical theme. How many of this inspiring selection of albums have you listened to? Listen to them now and each time you finish one you can scratch off the panel to reveal a secret hidden image. From Simon and Garfunkel...
£14.99
We live in an age of documents, and throughout time these have acted as signposts to the way our world has changed. This book takes us through nearly 5000 years of history via 100 key documents, from the I Ching to Edward Snowden's Wikileaks files...
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This curated collection of children's picture books celebrates the best designed and illustrated picture books from around the world over the past one hundred years. Demonstrating the diverse trends such as Russian Constructivists, Italian Futurists and Post-war Neo-romantics; the books are also mirrors of their times...
£14.99
Pivotal developments in building design are presented in a loosely chronological journey across the formation of the sophisticated and varied nature of architecture today. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip...
£12.99
An interactive poster with a cinematic theme. How many of this awesome selection of movies have you seen? Watch now and each time you finish one you get to scratch off the panel to reveal a secret hidden image. Films across a range of genre...
£14.98
One hundred postcards in a gorgeous book-shaped box. Each one features a different and iconic Penguin book cover from one of the most extensive publishing archives in existence. Contains 100 postcards in a sturdy box.Pack measures 17 x 11.5 x 6.5cm.
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One hundred postcards in a gorgeous book-shaped box. Each card features a black & white portrait photograph of an author from the series. There are some unusual images of many of the authors, often taken at the time they were writing their most famous work;...
£14.99
One hundred postcards in a gorgeous book-shaped box. Each one features a different and iconic Puffin book from classics to teen fiction to picture books. contains 100 postcards in a sturdy box. Pack measures 17 x 11.5 x 6.5cm.
£10.99
The disdyakis triacontahedron, which has the most faces among the Archimedean and Catalan solids - and the most faces a die can have and still be usable. The edges form 15 great circles, and the die is perfectly numerically balanced: opposite faces always add up...
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Find out about 13 of the men and women responsible for famous buildings around the world, including Brunelleschi, Palladio, Wren, Gaudi, Hadid and more. This book includes timelines, quizzes, interesting facts, drawings and photographs and is a great introduction. Hardback, 48 pages.Suitable for ages 7...
£10.99
A great fascinating book that introduces children to some of the greatest examples of this, one of the most striking and pure kinds of civil engineering. The book includes pictures, a history of the bridges, and lots more information. Hardback 48 pages.60 colour illustrations.Measurements: 24cm...
£30.00
The Universe, with a zodiac sphere, from the Atlas Coelestis. Harmonia Macrocosmica seu Atlas Universalis et novus, totius universi creati Cosmographiam generalem, et novam exhibens Studio et labore Andreae Cellarii, etc. of 1660. Made from super soft faux suede with canvas back. Measures 45 x...
£30.00
On May 12th 1706 an eclipse passed across Europe from Morocco to Siberia - and Dutch cartographer Johann Homann and astronomer Johann Doppelmayr created Europa Eclipsatae, a groundbreaking map with dotted lines showing the path of the umbra, and a list of the times of...
£40.00
How can you possibly resist such wonderful colours. This super-soft scarf is inspired by resistor value: 3.1k ohms, 5% tolerance - orange, brown, red, and of course gold stripes printed at one end. Measurements: 188 cm x 71 cm, with 7.5 cm tassels. Super-soft viscose...
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In this brilliant modern favourite, a family has a penguin mysteriously delivered every day, and the squawking, smelly, adorable creatures become more and more of a handful! Counting has never been so much fun. Hardback 48 pages.Measurements: 26 cm x 33 cm.Colour illustrations throughout.
£10.99
Sometimes you want to write, but don't know what to write about. Sometimes you know what to write about, but not how to make it work. This book will bring you a year's advice and inspiration to move your writing forward. Each two-page spread opens with...
£5.00
This double-sided 3m / 10 foot tape measure (metric on one side, imperial on the other) is filled with fascinating facts about lengths. For example, 34cm is the height of an Oscar; 9¾ inches is the length of a meerkat tail. Find out whether the...
£4.99
This die is a disdyakis dodecahedron. The edges form 9 great circles, and the die is perfectly numerically balanced: opposite faces always add up to 49, and the sum of every group of 8, 6, or 4 numbers around each vertex is the same for...
£14.99
This set of 50 beautiful postcards in a box features images from the Science Museum's internationally-renowned collection recording developments across science, technology and medicine since the fifteenth century. This set makes a stunning gift or can be used for sending correspondence or for framing. Box...
£14.99
Endless quirky inspiration from the team at San Francisco Writer's Grotto - this series of 642 fiction-writing prompts will make anyone want to grab a pen and decide what happens next. These prompts are designed to inspire entire stories, rather than writing exercises - who...
