Fine art for summer outdoor living Museums and Galleries

Museums & Galleries (M&G) is thrilled to be exhibiting at Glee with some delectable product launches - right in time for summer outdoor living. The tabletop component of the company’s offer has been developing for some time, and Glee will see the fruits of this all coming together in a compellingly co-ordinated way.

Available to market now are M&G’s new bottles, joining the existing selection. The range has been expanded this season to 10 bottles: all double wall insulated stainless steel with secure-seal screw tops with silicone seals.

The bottles are suitable for hot or cold drinks, retaining heat for about 12 hours and keeping contents cold for 24 hours. Technological innovations allow the new generation of bottles to be fully printed across the bottle contour, displaying the designs to their full potential. Catherine Rowe’s stunning Honey Bee pattern covers one of the new bottles, and Dee Hardwicke’s Hares and Berries covers another.

One of the stand-out designs is a visually ravishing Ulysses Butterflies and Lemons design from the NHM. There are two William Morris designs from the V&A, as well as Edward Lear’s perennially popular Comic Birds and an oriental-inspired 18th century design by William Kilburn. Hokusai’s Cranes in Flight comes from the British Museum and an Amethyst closeup from the NHM covers the final bottle.

New for 2023 (previewed this spring) are 12 double wall insulated stainless steel Travel Tumblers, designed to hold 450ml of liquid in a perfectly cylindrical tumbler, with a push-top for access and a sliding seal, designed for on-the-go drinking.

An intensely rich royal red, white and gold Flying Cranes design immediately catches the eye in this collection - taken from a Japanese kimono in the collections of the V&A and already on gift wrap and notebooks elsewhere in M&G’s offer. William Morris’ classics Leicester and Strawberry Thief, join a Dutch Delftware tile design featuring a sailing ship, which makes four new designs from the V&A in total.

The British Museum has two designs - one featuring the exquisitely detailed and jewel-bright paper collaged floral designs by the 18th century artist Mary Delany, and the other a reinterpretation of Hokusai’s magnificent and iconic Great Wave woodblock print. Another classic is Van Gogh’s serene Almond Branches in Bloom.

M&G’s contemporary designers contribute another five designs: two from Catherine Rowe, and one each from Sarah Campbell, Dee Hardwicke and Helen Ahpornsiri for Wild Press.

A warmly-received addition to M&G’s tabletop and gift products this year is a new range of paper napkin packs, ideal for relaxed outdoor entertaining. 12 choices feature a mix of best-selling and new designs from across M&G’s ranges and licences, with the V&A having a ‘mini-range’ of six packs (Morris, Kilburn, Walter Crane and other Arts & Crafts stars). Artist Josephine Simon’s lush Wild Garden, redolent of an idyllic English summer with its vibrant green background jewelled with floral pops of soft yellow, pinks, blues, whites and red, makes a wonderful choice for a picnic or conservatory dining room. This has been translated from a best-selling greeting card in M&G’s Classics collection and features on a number a new stationery and gift products this year. Star designer Sarah Campbell’s Coffee Cups is in another pack, in a contrasting vibrant red.

Specifically new for this summer, M&G will be previewing its Christmas napkin packs for the first time. The everyday napkin packs, which launched in the spring, have been very warmly received and, responding to retailer requests, a new Christmas range of napkin packs (comprising 16 designs, all based on best-selling Christmas cards) is coming out. The packs contain 20 printed paper napkins (330 x 330mm).

Also at Glee will be M&G’s jigsaw puzzles, tote bags, pouches, journals, and notebooks, with a selection of its greeting card ranges including the Wildlife Photographer of the Year range from the NHM.

Stand: 7A60-B61

Call: 01373 462165

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