Gifts for him: seven personalised posters, nothing showy
Finding an original gift for a man is rarely about the budget: it is about finding something he will actually keep, and hang up without having to explain it. Seven posters start from what he does or where he comes from, and none of them looks like a declaration: the ride or the hike he did, from the file on his watch; the map of his town, framed on his street; the sky on the evening he was born, calculated for the hour and the place; his age in needlessly precise statistics for a big birthday; the man himself as a motorcyclist of 1919 or 1929, from his photo; or his car, motorbike or tractor as a vintage advertising poster. The last two are made from a single photo, and you see the preview before you pay. A poster starts at €19.90 at A4, framed or not, and goes up to €69.90 at 70 × 100, printed in our workshop in Aveyron.
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Personalised route poster — your run, your hike, your trip
The track of a ride or hike he actually did — a climb, a loop, a crossing — with the distance and elevation gain written underneath. For the man who keeps all his rides in an app and has never put a single one on the wall.
From €8.90
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Personalised birthday poster “Bloody hell, you’re old” — their age in numbers
His age in needlessly precise statistics: his Mondays, his Christmases, what didn’t exist when he was born, the day he hits his next thousand days. For his fortieth or fiftieth, when anything solemn would feel wrong.
From €8.90
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Personalised city map poster — the city where you met
A map of the city he comes from, or the one where he built his life, centred on his neighbourhood, with a pin on his street. For the man who still says “back home” about a place he left years ago.
From €8.90
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Personalised star map poster
The exact sky above his town on the evening he was born, or the night you met, with the stars and constellations calculated. For saying something big to him without saying a word of it.
From €8.90
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Personalised Magnat-Debon vintage motorbike poster 1919 — your photo as a period rider
A gift for the biker, or for the man who dreams of being one: his photo becomes the rider of a 1919 poster, in a long leather coat and aviator goggles, with a line of your choice — “Happy birthday Dad!” — and his first name in the banner.
From €8.90
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Personalised Magnat-Debon vintage motorbike poster 1929 — your photo as a period rider
The same idea in 1929: him in a leather jacket on a black and sky-blue motorbike, on a lakeside road. For Father’s Day, the line on the right says what is hard to say out loud.
From €8.90
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Personalised car or motorbike poster — your vehicle as a vintage poster
His car, motorbike, scooter or old tractor, redrawn as a vintage advertising poster from his photo, with the name he gave it as the title. For Father’s Day, the tagline says what he would never be told out loud.
From €8.90
Which one to choose
| If… | Then |
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| You know next to nothing about him | His vehicle as a vintage poster: one photo is enough |
| He is from elsewhere and says so gladly | The map of his town |
| He rides or hikes | The poster of his route |
| He dislikes gifts that show | The star map: stars to everyone else, a date to him |
| The children are giving | Him as a 1929 motorcyclist: their photo of him makes the poster |
| He turns 40 or 50 | The “Bloody hell, you’re old” poster |
| He loves old motorbikes | The 1919 or 1929 motorbike poster, made from his photo |
| He looks after his car, motorbike or tractor | The vintage car or motorbike poster, from his photo |
The occasions, and when to order
| Occasion | When | When to order |
|---|---|---|
| Father’s Day | third Sunday in June | Order before 10 June |
| A birthday | their date | Ten days ahead |
| Christmas | 25 December | Order before 15 December |
| A departure, a house move | any time | Ten days ahead |
| No occasion at all | any time | 48 h in the workshop |
Two posters need nothing but a photo: him as a period motorcyclist, and his vehicle as an old advert. Those are the ones you give without having to ask anything.
Frequently asked questions
What do you give a man who doesn’t like anything showy?
A poster, precisely: it isn’t worn, it’s hung, and he decides which room. The map of his town looks like a map, the sky of his birth like an astronomy chart, the track of his ride like a readout from his watch: nothing that reads as an ornament, and nothing that reads as a declaration to anyone who doesn’t know the date or the address.
Which personalised poster should I give a man?
The one that starts from something he already loves. The route poster for a ride or a hike, with its distance and elevation gain; a map of the city he comes from; a star map of a date that matters; and for a big birthday, “Bloody hell, you’re old”, which counts his Mondays and his Christmases. All come in sizes from A4 to 70 × 100 cm, with a frame option on the two smaller sizes.
What do you give a man who has everything?
Something that doesn’t exist on a shelf because it is made for him: the map of his neighbourhood, the sky of his date, the track of the climb he rode, or his own car as a vintage poster, from his photo. None of these duplicates anything he already owns, and none can be found anywhere else.
Him as a motorcyclist or his vehicle: which of the two photo posters?
Him as a motorcyclist if he is the subject: his photo becomes the face of the rider on a 1919 or 1929 Magnat-Debon poster, period outfit kept, with his name written underneath. His vehicle if he would rather talk about his car than about himself: it is redrawn as an old advert, by the sea, on a mountain pass or in the countryside, and the wording is yours. Both show the preview before you buy.
What do you give a man you barely know, a colleague or a father-in-law?
The map of his town: nothing intimate assumed, an address you know or can guess, and a map anyone can read. If you know where he comes from, the map of his home village says something about him without revealing anything about you. What to avoid here: the sky of a date, which reads as a gift from someone close.
Is there anything under €25?
Yes: each of the seven posters is €19.90 at A4 unframed, printed on matte paper and shipped rolled in a long box, ready to give, and the print-it-yourself file is €8.90, delivered by link a few minutes after you order. A frame adds €19 on the A4, €29 on the 30 × 40.
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Printed in AveyronComposed and printed in our family workshop in Aveyron, checked before it ships.
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Printed to order250 g matte paper, pigment inks: printed in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size.
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Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.
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Ready to giveStandard frame sizes, easy to find.