Polite Company are a small art and design collective based in the UK. We publish the work of some leading contemporary artists, and make products featuring their work.Tumblr (3.0; @thepolite)http://blog.politecards.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkroiojJ6n1qzvf7go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>David Shrigley has made an Incredible Hülk shirt for Stüssy as part of their Artist x Marvel series. Available from today at the Stussy.com shop. Click the image to read an interview with David about why he used to read comics in secret.</p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/5240006267http://blog.politecards.com/post/5240006267Fri, 06 May 2011 10:18:24 +0100<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MZwilrqiHMs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>David Shrigley makes tattoos for visitors to last summer’s Frieze Art Fair. They were temporary - but some folks later had their ink made permanent. </p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/2955950743http://blog.politecards.com/post/2955950743Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:02:57 +0000<a href="http://artrocker.com/node/29488">Artrocker have doen a feature on the new postcard set we've made with Kevin Cummins...</a>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1523760202http://blog.politecards.com/post/1523760202Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:54:53 +0000<p> <object width="466" height="138"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="FlashVars" value="playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2F6music%2Femp%2Fxml%2Fnews%2Faudio%2Fcummins%2Exml&amp;config_settings_skin=silver&amp;config_settings_displayMode=audio&amp;config_settings_showFooter=true&amp;"><embed src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="466" height="138" flashvars="playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2F6music%2Femp%2Fxml%2Fnews%2Faudio%2Fcummins%2Exml&amp;config_settings_skin=silver&amp;config_settings_displayMode=audio&amp;config_settings_showFooter=true&amp;"></embed></object> </p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1515050189http://blog.politecards.com/post/1515050189Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:34:43 +0000<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Polite/157602887593652">We've got a Facebook page now - click here to have a look...</a>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1396852498http://blog.politecards.com/post/1396852498Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:44:12 +0100<iframe width="400" height="240" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nkCPVc5YS98?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Welcome to my Studio</strong></p> <p>Tim Noakes’ short film about David Shrigley for Dazed is a great insight into his working process. </p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1379291020http://blog.politecards.com/post/1379291020Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:05:59 +0100davidshrigleydocumentaryartartsillustrationshrig<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laoob3thLr1qzvf7go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Art Works by Scott King.</strong></p> <p>There’s a brilliant comprehensive monograph of Scott Kings work out in a few weeks. With text by Jon Savage and over 200 colour images, this is a great introduction to Kings work. Essential reading for anyone interested in the crossovers between art and commercial graphics that this work balances so brilliantly. </p> <p>£24 from your local good bookshop. </p> <p>Also available is our Postcard Box set including 24 postcards of Kings work. Available from the polite shop - <a href="http://polite.myshopify.com/collections/postcard-box-sets/products/scott-king-postcard-box-set">Available Here.</a></p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1372279491http://blog.politecards.com/post/1372279491Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:45:03 +0100<iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v03TxV77N3M?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>David Shrigley’s Petcha Kutcha at Tramway in Glasgow make great viewing. If you’ve not heard of it before, ‘Petcha Kutcha’ is a type of presentation that started and became very popular in Japan. The speaker chooses 20 images and speaks about each one for 20 seconds. It can be about anything, but the format makes for some interesting - and funny in this case - talks.</p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1373736728http://blog.politecards.com/post/1373736728Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:04:54 +0100Shrigleydavidpetchakutchatramway<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/8906910?autoplay=0" width="400" height="345" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here’s Kevin Cummins talking about his Joy Division images, in a film made by Chris Hindle for the Manchester District Music Archive… Our new Joy Division postcard box set features the includes 20 of the images mentioned here…</p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1366019410http://blog.politecards.com/post/1366019410Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:16:10 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lahf7vnp2b1qzvf7go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Deutsche Guggenheim and other new places to find Polite products…</strong></p> <p>We’ve added some new stockists to our list lately… as well as our loyal base of Polite vendors you can now get our products in -</p> <p>The Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin.<br/>Korjaamo, Helsinki<br/>FEE in the Netherlands<br/>JOY - in all stores <br/>Pedlars - in all of the lovely Pedlars stores as well in their new mail order catalogue.</p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1343155161http://blog.politecards.com/post/1343155161Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:45:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la9twd8s661qzvf7go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Frieze art fair opens –</p> <p>Here’s Charlotte Higgins from the Guardian Taking about Frieze… Gavin Turks Bikes and David Shrigley’s Tattoos. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/oct/13/london-frieze-art-fair-opens">Click to read the article here.</a></p> <p>Products by David Shrigley, and the new box set featuring Gavin’s Bikes (see previous post) are available from the Polite Shop (<a href="http://shop.politecards.com">shop.politecards.com</a>)</p> <p>Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian.</p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1311939962http://blog.politecards.com/post/1311939962Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:21:49 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la8jnhwV6L1qzvf7go1_500.jpg"/><br/> Les Bikes de Bois Rond – Gavin Turk<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la8jnhwV6L1qzvf7go2_500.jpg"/><br/> Les Bikes de Bois Rond – Gavin Turk<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la8jnhwV6L1qzvf7go3_500.jpg"/><br/> 9 of 21 Images<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la8jnhwV6L1qzvf7go4_500.jpg"/><br/> Contents<br/><br/> <p>Gavin Turk - “Les Bikes de Bois Rond” - new postcard box set.</p> <p>The Frieze Art Fair starts tonight and we are pleased to launch a new box set with Gavin Turk at the show. The set includes all of the bicycles from Gavin’s new work “Les Bikes de Bois Rond” - beautifully reproduced as postcards. The sets are available at freize this week, and will go on sale at the end of October at select Polite stockists and online at the Polite Shop. </p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1306376357http://blog.politecards.com/post/1306376357Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:42:53 +0100<iframe width="400" height="240" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T6rYDaORe3k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Save the Arts!</strong></p> <p><span>For more information about Save the Arts, please visit <a title="http://www.savethearts.org.uk." target="_blank" href="http://www.savethearts.org.uk./"><a href="http://www.savethearts.org.uk">http://www.savethearts.org.uk</a>.</a><br/><br/>Over a hundred leading artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anthony Caro, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Richard Hamilton, Bridget Riley, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin have joined the campaign to make the case against the proposed 25% cuts in government funding of the arts.</span></p> <p><span>The campaign was launched with this brilliant animation by David Shrigley.</span></p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1125724349http://blog.politecards.com/post/1125724349Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:35:33 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7r6eijDyq1qzvf7go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re looking forward to launching Magda Archer’s new book – What the stars buy! next month, and are posting a few previews here over the next few weeks.</p> <p>What the Stars Buy! is a collection of over 100 found shopping lists by Magda Archer and and the celebrities - she’s pretty sure - they belong to. <a href="http://shop.politecards.com/products/what-the-stars-buy">Click here for more info or to order a copy.</a></p> <p>No.3 : Dr. Hillary Jones</p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1097692117http://blog.politecards.com/post/1097692117Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7r6byz1k01qzvf7go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re looking forward to launching Magda Archer’s new book – What the stars buy! next month, and are posting a few previews here over the next few weeks.</p> <p>What the Stars Buy! is a collection of over 100 found shopping lists by Magda Archer and and the celebrities - she’s pretty sure - they belong to. <a href="http://shop.politecards.com/products/what-the-stars-buy">Click here for more info or to order a copy.</a></p> <p>No. 2 : Pixie Lott</p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1041530113http://blog.politecards.com/post/1041530113Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:00:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7r69o7PK71qzvf7go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re looking forward to launching Magda Archer’s new book – What the stars buy! next month, and are posting a few previews here over the next few weeks.</p> <p>What the Stars Buy! is a collection of over 100 found shopping lists by Magda Archer and and the celebrities - she’s pretty sure - they belong to. <a href="http://shop.politecards.com/products/what-the-stars-buy">Click here for more info or to order a copy.</a></p> <p>No. 1 : Paul McCartney</p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/1013544392http://blog.politecards.com/post/1013544392Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:27:24 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7lmt7Ieki1qzvf7go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>We’re pleased to welcome ROYAL/T in LA to the list of lovely places you can buy Polite products in the USA - They stock a range of our David Shrigley cards along with the Cocaine and Heroine salt and pepper shakers. Royal/t is café/shop/artspace which includes LA’s first Japanese style cosplay café their website is here – <a href="http://www.royal-t.org/"><a href="http://www.royal-t.org/%C2%A0">http://www.royal-t.org/ </a></a> </p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/997449389http://blog.politecards.com/post/997449389Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:39:07 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5hlxqenm61qzvf7go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When he’s not here at the Polite office, talking to our customers, Mike likes to spend his time curating exhibitions – This year he’s been working on ‘Unrealised Potential’ at the Cornerhouse in Manchester which runs from 17th July - 12th Sept.</p> <p>The show aims to explore the creative potential of artists unrealised projects and features contributions from dozens of artists including:</p> <p><span> <p>Featured artists include:</p> <p><em>Artgoes, Artlab (Charlotte Cullinan & Jeanine Richards), Franko B , Edward Barton, Megan Bell, Eddie Berg, Bert & Ganddie, Monica Biagioli, Paul Anthony Black, Garth Bowden, Andrew Bracey, Roisin Byrne, Jane Chavez-Dawson, Norman Clayture, Conor McGarrigle, Contents May Vary, Benjamin Cove, Nick Crowe, Neil Cummings, Oliver East, Volker Eichelmann, Tim Etchells, Doug Fishbone, Leo Fitzmaurice, Yuen Fong Ling, Sue Fox, Mark Garry, Liam Gillick (Realised), David Gledhill, David Griffiths, Janet Griffiths, Richard Healy, Harry Hill, Clare Hope, Len Horsey, Dave Hoyland, John Hyatt, Mark Kennard, Jessica Lack, Laurence Lane, Little Artists (Darren Neave & John Cake), Leigh McCarthy, Roger McKinley, Jim Medway, Jason Minsky, Tom Morton, Neil Mulholland, Robin Nature-Bold, Hayley Newman, Franz Otto Novotny, Owl Project, Graham Parker, Simon Patterson, Adele Prince, Magnus Quaife, Brian Reed, David Shrigley, W. David Titley, Surplus Value, Beata Veszely, Jessica Voosanger, Cecilia Wee, Richard Wilson, Christine Wong Yap, Stuart Wright, Kai-Oi Jay Yung</em></p> </span></p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/805724609http://blog.politecards.com/post/805724609Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:22:38 +0100<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2010/jul/06/1">Read about Redstone's new Alphabet postcard book in the guardian.</a>http://blog.politecards.com/post/780818224http://blog.politecards.com/post/780818224Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:58:09 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ttqq6aX21qzvf7go1_500.jpg"/><br/> Alphabet<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ttqq6aX21qzvf7go2_500.jpg"/><br/> Mayakovsky<br/><br/> <p><strong>Two new postcard books by Redstone Press.</strong></p> <p>Our friends at Redstone press have published two new large-format postcard books.</p> <p>MAYAKOVSKY features 22 postcards representing every facet of the poet/artist/activist’s restless creativity.</p> <p>ALPAHBET features 25 postcards.</p> <p>“<span>Here is the alphabet imagined as never before. Choreographed by the beautiful dancer Milca Mayerová into a brilliant photo-ballet in twenty-four hypnotic poses. Each move in the dance is made to the visual counterpoint of Karel Teige’s astonishing typographic music: as angular as jazz, as syncopated as Stravinsky!”</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.theredstoneshop.co.uk">Visit the Redstone Shop to by copies of these and other beautifully printed editions:</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.theredstoneshop.co.uk"><a href="http://www.theredstoneshop.co.uk">www.theredstoneshop.co.uk</a></a></p> <p><span><br/></span></p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p>http://blog.politecards.com/post/776190461http://blog.politecards.com/post/776190461Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0100redstonealphabetmayakovskypostcards