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Banksy Launches Homewares Brand

"Gross Domestic Product" is Banksy's new homewares brand, created after a greeting cards company tried to take his name and he was legally advised to prevent it by selling "his own range of branded merchandise." This past week, the artist opened a showroom in Croydon (with doors that don't actually open), and his site for the store says it's opening for sales soon. GDP’s tagline: "Where art irritates life."

“Gross Domestic Product” is Banksy’s new homewares brand, created after a greeting cards company tried to take his name and he was legally advised to prevent it by selling “his own range of branded merchandise.” This past week, the artist opened a showroom in Croydon (with doors that don’t actually open), and his site for the store says it’s opening for sales soon. GDP’s tagline: “Where art irritates life.”

“GDP is the homewares brand from Banksy and this is our first and only store,” a sign at the showroom says. “The showroom is for display purposes only and the doors will not open. All sales will be conducted online when the website opens soon.”

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