I’ve often wondered if those classified ads at the back of glossy magazines like British Vogue work out for the companies that advertise via them. Now I have the answer.
I was reading the aforementioned mag at work and came across an ad for a poster that I immediately fell in love with. I have this thing for art that depicts cities and maps as you might now and this one was right up my alley. The problem was that it only came in red or cyan. Not my colors du jour so I got in touch with them and asked if they could custom make a green one for me. No problem for an extra fee they said so I went on a mission to find the perfect green Pantone color.
A week or so later my poster arrived. I la-la-love it!
It depicts all things London and British. There’s Winston Churchill, the Beatles, Big Ben, the gurkin, the union Jack and a zillion more things and people. I love looking at it and keep finding details I haven’t seen before.
The poster’s by Nickprints. Oh and, they (he? Nick?) has no idea I’m writing this.
Happy weekend!
Love your poster but I love the one above just a little more! :-)
Posted by: Dolores | July 20, 2012 at 02:13 AM
Do you see Carnaby St? My fav in the 60's
Posted by: Lorna from Atlanta | July 20, 2012 at 02:21 AM
It's good to know one can still get positively surprised about the quality of customer service somewhere :) The poster looks great in your green!
Posted by: Milla | July 20, 2012 at 02:22 AM
Who is the silver one by? It looks great!
Posted by: eva | July 20, 2012 at 02:53 AM
It even has a picture of Alfred Hitchcock. Brilliant!
Posted by: Jill | July 20, 2012 at 03:15 AM
Yup, it's there!
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 03:16 AM
I like it! I went to see his(?) site. I love that there is also a poster about Brighton together with London and New York, that's so humorous :D
Posted by: Leena | July 20, 2012 at 03:16 AM
The silver one is by Famille Summerbelle http://www.famillesummerbelle.com/home.php?cat=490
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 03:18 AM
That one's by Ylva Skarp :)
http://shop.ylvaskarp.se/sv/produkter/print/print-shit.html
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 03:20 AM
Absolutely brilliant - and love that you have a custom green one too x
Posted by: Hxx | July 20, 2012 at 03:27 AM
Oioioi - den var sååå kuuul! Jeg har nettopp vært på ferie i England, og MÅ nesten ha en sånn! Tusen takk for tipset! Problemet er at din favorittfarge er min favorittfarge óg, så det er mulig jeg må være en total copycat, hvis det er ok for deg?
Posted by: Ellen* | July 20, 2012 at 03:42 AM
Love - thou shall not take shit. I think I need to own that print.
Posted by: Diana from San Francisco | July 20, 2012 at 03:43 AM
I guess he thinks Brighton rocks. Haha!
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 04:07 AM
Helt ok! Hänvisa till min beställning så kan han nog ta fram samma gröna igen.
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 04:08 AM
I love how the link I posted further up says /print - shit/ :).
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 04:09 AM
Dear Benita,
As for cities, London is the love of my life. I absolutely love the picture. Red is just not my thing however... What Pantone colour is your green?
Posted by: Marieke | July 20, 2012 at 04:11 AM
There seems to be a new cushion for the Tulip chair in photo one, Benita? Oh, and Apple mice don't need a mousepad to be used on white or glossy surfaces, right? Love that!
Have a good weekend :)
Posted by: amycapdet / May Zaragoza | July 20, 2012 at 04:17 AM
Benita!!! What an absolutely great print! I am currently looking for artwork for our living room, and was hoping to find something relating to London, seeing as my husband and I both love the city and have been there several times. And even the cyan works perfectly for our living room. YAHOO! Thanks for sharing. :-)
Posted by: silke | July 20, 2012 at 04:21 AM
Edit: I just saw the London one only comes in red, the Brighton one comes in cyan. Guessing from what you wrote above, though, I have high hopes that it'll be no problem to have it in cyan, though... ;-)
Posted by: silke | July 20, 2012 at 04:23 AM
There's a post on the cushion here: http://chezlarsson.com/myblog/2012/05/new-seat-cushion.html
And that's right, you don't need a mousepad but I do have a clear plastic desk thing because I don't like the noise of the mouse against the hollow core desktop... It does make for a slower mouse which I've gotten used to but which drives Wille crazy when he uses it :).
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 04:28 AM
Ah, sorry about that but he does do custom colors at an extra fee so you can probably get it. I'll edit the text!
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 04:31 AM
I chose 355C.
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 04:31 AM
Haha! Thank you! I'll check the cushion post right away! BTW, I didn't mention it before but I absolutely love ALL the posters you've got.
Posted by: amycapdet / May Zaragoza | July 20, 2012 at 04:35 AM
Supert - det var lurt!:o)
Posted by: Ellen* | July 20, 2012 at 04:43 AM
I like how the London Eye sticks out from the circle. Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Zosia | July 20, 2012 at 07:27 AM
You are mentioned on his Facebook page
Posted by: jane | July 20, 2012 at 08:39 AM
He e-mailed me after seeing the post up asking if he could tweet about it and post it on his Facebook page and of course I said yes :).
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 08:46 AM
Whoa! I lurrrved the red "London Calling" poster. Want one now but way too expensive for "a poster" I believe (not that I think it's just a simple poster).
Can we Chez Larsson readers have a discount at the shop, Dear Nickprints? I'm so used to seeing promotions on blogs now I'm addicted.
Posted by: Yazmak İyidir | July 20, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Very cool. Can't wait to go over there and see what else they've got. Happy weekend to you!
Posted by: homestilo | July 20, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Benita & everyone else... thanks for the nice comments.
Silke - i can do any colour you want (email me for a quote)... Yazmak - Sorry you find it expensive. It is printed on excellent quality paper & took me 3-4 months to create... Leena - I live in Brighton, work in London and love visiting New York - hence the 3 cities i have done.
cheers
nick@nickprints
Posted by: nickprints | July 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM
You are most welcome, Nick, I love my poster!
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 02:26 PM
Snyyyggt! Och jag gillar ur den, trots alla små figurer inte känns rörig eftersom mönstret är i en cirkel! Är det Ribba-ramar till eller?
Posted by: Froken Fräken | July 20, 2012 at 02:51 PM
Nej, just dessa har jag köpt på Gallerix men de ser lika ut som Ribba. Dock dyrare men utan besväret att ta sig ut till IKEA utan bil :).
Posted by: Carlos | July 20, 2012 at 02:56 PM
I love that poster! have a nice weekend! Greetings from Argentina
Posted by: Cyn | decyng | July 20, 2012 at 03:38 PM
He need to come here to do Stockholm! And Göteborg! And Malmö!
Posted by: Annie | July 20, 2012 at 04:35 PM
I just tried going to the 'Nickprints' site and got a 'Bandwith exceeded' which indicates to me that there is a lot of traffic to that site today! You are a job creator, Benita! I'll try the site later. I agree with Zosia; I love how the Eye sticks out from the confines of the circle! Escape!
Posted by: Peggy | July 20, 2012 at 06:29 PM
Faaaabulous! It would be great to see the sources of all your posters/art in the future, since you have such great taste. Thanks for giving this to us. I suspect Nick is going to get a lot of traffic during the next few days! Kramar.
Posted by: Kathy | July 21, 2012 at 05:41 AM
Ha! Just tried to click on his site and this is what I got on the screen:
" The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later." You crashed his server!!!
Posted by: Kathy | July 21, 2012 at 05:47 AM
Love love love the poster. I live near Brighton so will definitely have to keep this in mind for future gifts. .. Or maybe treat myself :-)
Posted by: Pauline | July 21, 2012 at 07:29 AM
Oops!
Posted by: Carlos | July 21, 2012 at 11:34 AM
that. is. gorgeous.
Posted by: the spectator | July 22, 2012 at 03:45 AM
Lovely poster.
Posted by: Sandra | July 22, 2012 at 02:56 PM
Men så fin! Nu vill jag också ha en!!! :)
Posted by: Sarah | July 23, 2012 at 03:05 AM
love yr posters! wish we had such nice posters here :)
Posted by: tracy | July 23, 2012 at 03:29 AM
Hi Nick,
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your efforts on your art work and I think it turned out fabulous. I'm still considering buying one, since our anniversary is approaching, it could be a nice gift for my husband ;)
Posted by: Yazmak İyidir | July 23, 2012 at 04:00 AM
Hi Benita, what's the tiny dark object in the far left white frame?
I can't see it very well and I'm curious as a the proverbial cat
:-)
Anto
Posted by: Antonella | July 23, 2012 at 06:25 AM
It's a teeny tiny cat pillow :).
Posted by: Carlos | July 23, 2012 at 06:28 AM
Really great poster!
I have one similar to this on my wish list. I've seen other countries done in the same way..
http://www.keyimagery.com/stock-images/stock-image/43373/australia-map-in-place-names-stock-illustration
Posted by: Out of Ours | July 23, 2012 at 06:47 AM