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Cold War Modern

• Edited by David Crowley and Jane Pavitt
• £35.00 Hardback, £24.99 Paperback (exclusive to the V&A shop)

This ground-breaking study of modern art, architecture, design and film examines the Cold War as a conflict between differing conceptions of modern life. Essays on subjects as diverse as Cold War strategy, domesticity and hi-tech design developments are illustrated with remarkable images by internationally renowned artists and designers from Picasso to Kubrick.

Posters of the Cold War

• David Crowley
• £14.99 Paperback

The poster was a key medium in the Cold War, used to produce both fear and loyalty at home and abroad. This fascinating book surveys poster design from the late 1940s when the ‘Iron Curtain’ was drawn across Europe to the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.

Fear and Fashion in the Cold War

• Jane Pavitt
• £19.99 Paperback

Pavitt explores Cold War fashion in all its aspects, ranging from innovations in materials to the cybernetic visions of the 1960s, from the bikini to the spacesuit, vinyl radiation suits to high-tech jewellery, Paco Rabanne to Barbarella.

Civil Defence Handbook No.10: Advising the Householder on Protection against Nuclear Attack

• £4.99 Hardback

In 1963 the Home Office and Central Office of Information distributed this handbook to advise the public on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. From how to build an outdoor fall-out shelter to how to put together a survival pack, this is a terrifying glimpse of life under the threat of nuclear attack.

Garden Egg Chair

Designed by Peter Ghyczy, the chair was eventually mass produced in East Germany and is one of the few design products of the Cold War era, sold in both East and West. Celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year the chair is now produced by Felix Ghyczy, the designer's son. An original prototype of this classic 60s design will be a highlight of the Cold War Modern exhibition. £1250

Superpowers Poster

Featuring Roman Cieslewicz’s design depicting the two superpowers as mirror images of each other. The image is from a 1968 cover for the French left-wing art magazine Opus International. As seen in the exhibition. Exclusive to the V&A Shop. £16

Diablo Mugs

Since its foundation in 1953 Dutch company Cor Unum (meaning One Heart) has evolved into a 'design factory' manufacturing ceramic artworks and is now renowned for its very exclusive product designs. These ‘Diablo’ Mugs are re-editions from their original 1960s collections. £30 each