London designer Aimée Furnival has created a series of model kits featuring famous London landmarks and they're now available at our pop-up design shop Dezeen Super Store! MONUmini costs just £15 per kit and don't forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer.

Called MONUmini, the kits feature Tower bridge, the BT Tower, Battersea Power Station and the Barbican tower.

Each one comprises a sheet of etched stainless steel that can be folded and clipped together to create a miniature of the relevant building.

We featured Furnival's postcards that fold out into miniature gardens in 2010 - take a look here.

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Here's some more information from Furnival:

MONUmini is an architectural model kit that celebrates some of London's most striking and distinctive architecture. The collection includes four iconic buildings; Tower bridge, the Post Office Tower, Battersea Power Station and The Barbican Tower.

Each of the MONUmini kits contains a tiny model made from etched stainless steel that is cleverly designed to fold and lock together to create an intricate replica of the building. The kit comes flat-packed into an envelope containing instructions and a short history of the building.

Thoughtfully designed and beautifully crafted, MONUmini is a perfect designer souvenir or gift. MONUmini is designed and produced by Another Studio For Design in collaboration with Glasgow based model makers Finch & Fouracre. It retails for £15.00 and is available from another-studio.com and selected retailers.

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London designer Aimée Furnival of A Studio for Design has created a series of greetings cards that fold out into miniature gardens, in which the recipient can grow cress.

Called Postcarden, the designs include a seed tray and cress seeds inside an illustrated card, featuring a botanical garden, allotment or cityscape.

The text below is from Furnival:

Combining gift and greeting card, Postcarden is a fun and simple way to grow a mini-garden on your desktop, windowsill or sideboard. Send a friend or loved one Postcarden and introduce them to the life-enhancing ritual of caring for a plant.

You don’t need a degree in horticulture to cultivate Postcarden’s easy-grow cress seeds - the simple pleasure and pride of guiding your garden from germination to growth is educating, engrossing and entertaining.

Postcarden comes on three different designs. Escape to the sanctuary of your Allotment; experience the grandeur of a Botanical garden; or brighten up a drab City landscape. Each setting also comes with a specially commissioned illustration by an inspiring selection of young artists.

Each Postcarden set contains the cardboard scene, inner growing tray, packet of cress seeds and step-by-step growing instructions. The contents come neatly contained in Postcarden’s unique packaging, featuring the exclusive illustration on one side and a postcard-style space for the recipient’s address and sender’s greeting. Sending Postcarden to a loved one in the UK only requires a regular large letter stamp.

Postcarden is designed and produced by A Studio For Design, a London-based company with an enthusiasm for creating unique gifts for thoughtful givers. Looking to open up the world of design to a wider audience, A Studio For Design produce well crafted and reasonably priced design items for everyone.

Postcarden is printed in Wales and uses locally sourced cress seeds and inner-packaging material.

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