- Formula 1 car on bend
- Beige, black and orange curves
- Motorsport-inspired office décor
- Single-seater car on sweeping bends
- Green, beige and charcoal illustration
- Works above a sideboard
- Formula 1 car on winding circuit
- Orange and grey mid-century curves
- Works in a games room
- Open-wheel car on sweeping bend
- Beige, green and black curves
- On a neutral sideboard
- Racing car on winding track
- Mid-century beige and charcoal
- Over a streamlined console
- Formula One car on track
- Muted green, beige and grey
- On a hallway wall
- Olive-green open-wheel car
- Muted olive, cream and brown
- With oak and leather furnishings
- Three vintage racing cars
- Green, red and beige geometry
- Against a cream wall
- Haas car with racing stripes
- Retro red, black and grey
- Fast-paced racing feel
- Single-seater on sweeping bends
- Green, black and beige geometry
- Suited to a collector's study
- Side-view single-seater racing car
- Beige, navy and orange graphic style
- Over a media cabinet
- Mexico City track map with cars
- Beige, red and black palette
- Energetic motorsport spirit
- Green single-seater with lettering
- Mid-century green and beige
- Nostalgic motorsport character
- Racing car on winding circuit
- Sage, beige and black
- Nostalgic office display
- Open-wheel car on circuit
- Mid-century cream, orange and blue
- Near a vintage desk
- Winding Bahrain circuit through dunes
- Graphic beige, brown and black
- Grand Prix gift idea
- Red car navigating a circuit
- Retro beige, green and orange
- Motorsport enthusiast's gift
- Single-seater weaving through skyscrapers
- Muted beige, black and grey
- Made for a motorsport fan
- Racing cars beneath lake silhouette
- Sage green, cream and charcoal
- Nostalgic office display
- Racing car on circuit
- Mid-century blue and black
- Fast-paced circuit energy
- Interlagos track map
- Cream, black and green
- Nostalgic Brazilian motorsport feel
- Formula 1 lettering over speed lines
- Beige, black and grey linework
- Pairs with oak and cream
- Spa-Francorchamps track map with open-wheel cars
- Sage, cream and charcoal tones
- Pairs with oak and brass
- Numbered COTA circuit with car
- Beige, brown and black
- At home in an office
- Racetrack winding through hills
- Mid-century beige and grey
- Energetic office character
- São Paulo Grand Prix circuit
- Beige, black and orange geometry
- Beside a wooden desk
- Cars navigating a looping circuit
- Mid-century blue and cream design
- For a motorsport office
- Blurred green racing car
- Mid-century beige, green and black
- Retro energy in a study
- Top-down racing car with Monaco lettering
- Mid-century beige, black and red
- Gift for racing enthusiasts
- Two stylised racing cars
- Mid-century beige, blue and black
- Retro energy for an office
- Winding Formula 1 circuit
- Retro green and ivory typography
- For a vintage motorsport study
- Two hoops and one basketball
- Weathered orange, navy and beige
- Suits a games room
- Basketball, backboard and lettering
- Cream, orange and brown illustration
- Energetic games-room styling
- Basketball over marked court
- Navy, orange and cream typography
- Beside a timber desk
- Basketballs around a shattered centre
- Navy, orange and beige pattern
- Basketball-themed study corner
- Interlocking black lines on orange
- Textured orange and black
- Beside a games table
Collection guide
A closer look at Retro Art
Explore the story, styling ideas and practical answers behind this collection.
Collection guide
Retro wall art borrows from a specific run of the twentieth century: the geometry of Art Deco, the optimism of 1950s advertising, the flat colour of 1960s pop and the loud shapes of the 1980s. These retro art prints take those languages and make something new with them, rather than copying an old poster.
What makes a print read as retro
Three things, mostly. Limited colour - retro artwork tends to work in four or five flat tones rather than photographic gradients, a habit inherited from screen printing. Confident shape - circles, arcs and hard diagonals doing the work that detail would do in a modern illustration. And type that belongs to its era, whether that is a fat Deco serif or a rounded seventies sans.
The eras still read differently on a wall. Deco and mid-century pieces feel composed and quite formal, so they suit a hallway or a dining room. Pop and psychedelic work carries more energy and holds a big blank wall in a living room or a studio. Eighties Memphis shapes are the boldest of the lot and want a plain background to sit against.
Where retro wall decor works best
Retro prints are happiest against calm surroundings. A single strong piece on a plain wall does more than three fighting for attention, and the colour will usually pick up something you already own - a chair, a rug, a book spine. If your room is already busy, choose the quieter end of the collection: a geometric composition in two or three colours rather than a full psychedelic swirl.
In a kitchen or a bar corner, vintage-inspired prints of drinks, coffee and food do a particular job: they read as decoration rather than as art you are meant to study. In a living room, a larger retro poster works better than a small one - the flat shapes need scale to land.
Start with these
- Golden Dawn - geometric shapes in warm ochre and black, the calmest way into retro art.
- Amalfi Spritz - a Matisse-inspired cocktail print for a kitchen, bar or dining wall.
Sizes and framing
Check the sizes listed on each product and mark the outside dimensions on your wall with paper or removable tape before ordering. If you are framing, match the frame to the exact print size - similar-looking metric and inch formats are not interchangeable. We offer framing as well, so get in touch for options and prices.
Related collections
- Bauhaus Art Prints - where the geometry in this collection comes from.
- Mid-Century Modern Wall Art - the 1950s and 60s end of the same story.
- Bar and Cocktail Prints - vintage drinks posters and bar art.
- Coffee Wall Art - café prints with the same nostalgic feel.
- Living Room Wall Art - prints chosen for the room these suit best.
Questions about Retro Art
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