Mid-century Catalogue

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Mid-century Catalogue, Products in a strict grid, warm print colour and a lot of small captions — Homeware page, six product grid

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Updated 27 Jun 2026

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Prompt

A page from a 1961 department store catalogue. Six homeware products photographed on plain backgrounds and arranged in a strict grid, each with a small caption, a price and a product code beneath. Warm faded four colour printing on absorbent uncoated paper with visible ink spread and dot screen, a slightly greenish shadow tone. A simple headline in a friendly serif at the top. The page fills the frame with no surrounding surface.

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Size: 1024 x 1365
Quality: High
Background: Opaque
Output: PNG

Tips

1Absorbent uncoated paper is what gives the warm spread. Say it rather than asking for faded.
2The grid should be strict and boring. That is the charm.
3Captions and codes under each product complete the effect even if unreadable.