Whatever your views on the monarchy, one will find it very hard to ignore the forthcoming Royal spectacle set to attract a global audience of 2.4 billion viewers next month, putting London lovers, fashionistas, cake-fans & good old romantics into a right old Royal spin…

And what better way to mark this moment in history than to embrace one of the many tributes being handcrafted in honour of the happy couple? With so many designer-makers & artists taking the opportunity to create quirky, limited-edition commemorative gifts, CultureLabel has brought them all together into one place - the official ‘alternative’ Royal Wedding Shop.

Our Royal Collection features works by a range of artists & designers, including Cockney Jewels’ Broad Bean Kate & Wills Cufflinks, Sarah Cole’s award-winning Kate & William tribute mug and an exclusive to CultureLabel, the brilliant limited-edition Royal Rumble tea-towel by London based illustrator Luke James (as featured).

So what better way to celebrate Kate & Will’s big day (and your big day off!) than to dress them up, dry your dishes with them & hang them about your neck on two ‘old broad beans’?

Check out the full collection in our Royal Wedding Shop and if you are a designer/artist with a product you’d like to add, please get in touch here.

At first glance, Fanny Shorter’s hand screen-printed cushions are richly-coloured, decorative pieces fit for any stylish home,  but take a closer look and you’ll discover anatomical inspired designs that highlight the beauty of the human make-up, including wombs, follicles, kidneys and the heart. Here she talks more about her work, her influences and her future:

1. Tell us more about your work…

CultureLabel currently sells my anatomical cushions. I hand screen-print each piece of material individually and I try to keep everything as environmentally friendly and as ‘local’ as possible. I’m really intrigued by nature at its most closely observed. The cushions designs are based on anatomical systems and organs found in the human body. In essence, I suppose my designs are simply decorative diagrams.

2. What’s your current set-up (stockists, shows, etc)

I work from home and then screen-print at a co-operative printmaking studio but I am about to set up on my own. I’ve bought a print bed and now need to find a studio to put it in. I sell my work through galleries and shops as well as online.

3. What’s your background in design?

My degree is in illustration and I graduated from Brighton University four years ago.

4. What inspires and drives you personally in life?

Learning about anything and everything and especially through interaction with other people. As far as a future career goes I think it’s simply a desire to carry on what I love doing most and making it work as a job.

5. What’s the master plan for 2011/2012?

The first thing is to find a studio for my printing table. On a slightly more ambitious level I want to expand my business and build on my knowledge of screen-printing and the ways in which I can use it as a method of working.

6. What do you like most about CultureLabel?

I think CultureLabel is brilliant because it just looks so good. I’m sure, as an artist, I should say the thing I like most is its commitment to supporting the arts and the way it brings together larger brands and individual designers under one label but I think the reason it works so well is because it is visually so attractive.

Fanny’s full cushion collection is available at CultureLabel.com here