Sunraku & Emul Close-Up Desk Mat – Shangri-La Frontier, 60, 80 or 90 cm

One of them glares, the other reads. This Sunraku and Emul desk mat squeezes the bird mask and the Vorpal Bunny into one bright close-up, like a sticker blown up to desk size.

Sunraku & Emul Close-Up desk mat: the design

Sunraku's mask takes the left and the centre: deep blue feathers, yellow beak, one red eye narrowed in a sideways glare. Emul sits in the lower right corner in her top hat and blue coat, a gold monocle on one eye, frowning in concentration with one paw on a red-covered book. A white outline cuts both of them out against flat turquoise on one side and pink on the other. The scholarly look suits her: Emul speaks in an overly polite, ladylike way, whatever her partner happens to be up to.

What you get

• Design: Sunraku & Emul Close-Up, in flat turquoise, pink and blue
• Size: your choice of 60 × 30, 80 × 40 or 90 × 40 cm (give or take 1-2 cm), 2 mm thick
• Material: smooth cloth top on an anti-slip natural rubber base
• Stitched edges all round; washable, liquid stains rinse off with water
• In the pack: 1 desk mat
• Keyboard and mouse not included; other designs sold separately

For the desk where homework happens

Emul and her book set the tone for a study desk, and the flat colours brighten a plain white or wooden tabletop. It is a gift idea for a Shanfro fan heading back to school or university. The quieter Sunraku Mask Close-Up is the pale counterpart of this design.