Card, paper and pens are used to depict individual characters, each with their own unique prop and inspired by the books’ original illustrations. The Green Transition Weekly analysis of the shift to a new economy from the New Statesman's Spotlight on Policy team. Featuring daring sets, VR experiences, and a whole host of Alice-related objects from handwritten manuscripts to stage costumes, the exhibition charts Alice’s origins, reinventions and extensive cultural reach over the past 156 years. Alice in Wonderland by English author Lewis Carroll is celebrating its 150th anniversary and Vivienne Westwood is marking the milestone by designing a special cover for the book. These designers are not alone in having been inspired by the extraordinarily imaginative world created by Carroll.

Cutting edge but classic, her collections are unflinchingly rooted in her interests and beliefs, whether it is human rights or classical fiction. In fact, wonderland has been a rich territory for many generations of designers – and the fashion world, in turn, has shaped our understanding of Alice and her coterie of characters. It seems fitting, then, that Westwood’s view of Wonderland’s “adult logic” is that it is entirely illogical. This edition is unique in that it was created by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll's penname) as a gift for Alice Lidell in 1864 and only adapted for publication a year later. They allow for total immersion in make-believe and offer a vibrant canvas peopled by characters and scenes already familiar to the viewer.The Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter and White Rabbit surround a bespoke distorted table adorned in Westwood’s fabric that shrinks down to miniature size. Vivienne Westwood has created an exclusive edition of this adored childhood tale featuring her own personally designed front cover and end papers.

Her influence can be felt everywhere, from the trippy reaches of 1960s psychedelia to the kitsch whimsy that coalesced around Tim Burton’s 2010 film adaptation. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 150th anniversary edition has been released on April 4th in England and will be released internationally very soon.WWD reports that the English fashion designer, who was inspired by the tale to shape up her Fall/Winter 2012 collection, has teamed with Vintage Classics for this special gift edition of Lewis Carroll’s tale of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. Wonderland as symbolic of our present day society, and Alice becomes a rebel who sees through this madness.