Andy Warhol, despite no longer being with us, continues to decorate the world with his iconic images adorning everything from luggage to beachwear. For the past decade, several manufacturers and designers have collaborated with the world's best known pop-artists' foundation to create products for the home and fashion for the body. And the collabs just keep coming.
Of course there are tons of Warholesque amateur creations on sites like Cafe Press and Zazzle, but I'm talking about actual authentic Warhol collaborations or Limited edition Warhol items.
Here's just a few of the recent collaborations:
Fashion diva and designer Diane Von Furstenberg has a beautiful line of swimwear this summer in which she has 2 Warhol inspired flower beach towels and 2 cover ups.
The towels:
Which go perfectly with her wonderful Warhol Flower Beach Cover-ups:
all of which can be purchased here.
Maharishi gets together with the Andy Warhol Foundation (again) as part of their Spring 2009 Collection. Using Andy's famous dollar graphic, filled with an Andy Warhol camouflage:
buy the t-shirt here.
buy the hoodie here.
Maharishi's previous Andy Warhol tees:
Maharishi and the Andy Warhol Foundation also collaborated with Medicom Toys to bring us some fun kubricks, designed to stand on their heads:
you can buy them here.
Dupont has some special limited edition Warhol lighters and pens:
buy them here.
Hysteric Glamour of Japan has a full line of Andy Warhol products with some new additions:
check out the full line here.
Hysteric Glamor and the Warhol Foundation also teamed up with Medicom toys to bring us a Warhol Bearbrick:
no longer available, check ebay.
Steiff's special Classic Teddy Bear Margarete uses the original Steiff owner's image in a Warholian pop art print:
buy it here.
CB2, Crate and Barrel's hip sister store, carries Warhol plates:
buy them here.
Warhol Marilyn Umbrella (Brolly):
buy it here.
Not so recent collaborations:
Nearly 40 years after Andy Warhol transformed Campbell's soup cans into art form, Campbell celebrated the pop artist with limited edition soup cans bearing his colorful renditions of the classic tomato soup label. Campbell unveiled a special four-pack of Campbell's tomato soup at Giant Eagle supermarkets. The pack features the Warhol-inspired labels instead of the trademark red and white labels that have adorned the can for more than 100 years.
Almost impossible to find now, try ebay.
German porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal has various lines of Warhol dishes and vases:
Visit Rosenthal's site here.
Or buy them here. Or here.
Hip perfumer Bond no.9 has used Warhol's images and name for some of their fragrances and bottles:
buy them here.
Launched in 2006, the Warhol Factory X Levi's label paid tribute to the pop-culture art made famous by the late American artist Andy Warhol. Priced between $190-$250 for jeans and $80-$300 for tops, the said collection is only available at such high-end stores as Barneys New York, Fred Segal and American Rag.
In 2007, Burton snowboards and ski wear collaborated with the Warhol foundation to come up with a limited collection that included softgoods and hardgoods like parkas, bindings, luggage and snowboards. Mostly sold out, you can still find some items on ebay or in various ski stores.
Here are a few examples from the collaboration:
And there are Andy Warhol puzzles as well. Marilyn, 24 Marilyns and Shoes Galore:
buy them here.
Andy Warhol Elvis Duvet and pillowcases:
Warhol's Campbells soup duvet and pillowcases:
buy them here.
There are 100% wool Andy Warhol Rugs made by Sphinx for the home:
You can purchase the 2 rugs above and more from the Andy Warhol Collection here
Below is a previously auctioned off Andy Warhol rug original:
Betterwall has a wonderful Museum Banner from a past SF Moma Warhol exhibit for sale:
buy it here.
And if you, too worship the pop artist/filmaker/celebrity, you can have your choice of Andy Warhol Dolls.
Plush Designer Collector Doll, 2000, limited to production of 5,000:
buy it here.
Oddfellows makes a miniature Warhol figure clutching a soup can:
buy it here.
A collaboration between the founder of Maharishi and Medicom yeilded detailed 12" "Ultra Detail Figure" Andy Warhol Dolls from the sixties, seventies and eighties. They sold out long ago but you can find some vintage ones on ebay or various collectible toy stores.
Medicom also makes a little Andy Warhol Kubrick set:
buy it here.
Of course, the Warhol Museum store carries tons of authentic Warhol products from watches and dinnerware, posters and calendars, nite lights and more:
you can browse or buy them all here.
For real Andy Warhol originals, check here. And here.
To learn about the origin of Warhol's soup cans, check this out.
The Warhol Foundation
The Warhol Museum
Andy Warhol on Wikipedia
www.warholstars.org
www.andywarholposters.org
Buy Andy Warhol Books, Films And Items Here
