Science Gifts UK

Science Gifts UK

Science gifts in the UK tend to fall into two categories: things from museum shops, and things with equations on them. Both have their place. But for someone who is seriously interested in science - who reads about it, thinks about it, works in it - neither quite fits.

Axisophy makes design-led art prints at the intersection of science, mathematics and natural history. Precise, research-led, and designed to work as wall art rather than decoration with a scientific theme. UK-based, free UK delivery, prices from £50. Here are the best options.

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For the person who thinks in patterns

The Signature series covers mathematical visualisations - Ulam spirals, Apollonian gaskets, Fermat spirals, Sacks spirals, phylogenetic trees. Each is computed from real mathematical data and printed at a resolution where the structure becomes something you can stand in front of and explore. For mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, or anyone who finds prime numbers interesting for their own sake.

Mathematical Prints

For the naturalist

The Bugs collection: 44 scientific insect illustrations adapted from the book Bugs by Simon Tyler, published by Pavilion Books in association with Buglife. Beetles, butterflies, moths, flies, and true bugs from around the world, illustrated with the precision of natural history illustration. For biologists, entomologists, ecologists, and anyone who stops to look at insects rather than walking past them.

Bugs Collection

For the space scientist

The Radiance collection: NASA HiRISE orbital photography of Mars. The most detailed images ever taken of another planet's surface, processed to reveal geological structure. For planetary scientists, astronomers, aerospace engineers, and anyone who finds it remarkable that we can photograph the surface of Mars at 25 centimetres per pixel from orbit.

Radiance Collection

For the design historian

The Gizmo collection: precise technical illustrations of vintage technology from 1965 to 2000. Computers, synthesisers, boomboxes, calculators, cameras. Adapted from Gizmo: Retro-Tech We Loved and Lost, published by Laurence King in May 2026. For engineers, designers, and people who care about how consumer technology evolved.

Gizmo Collection

All prints from £50, free UK delivery. Browse at axisophy.com.

Simon Tyler is a designer, illustrator and author based in St Leonards-on-Sea. He is the author and illustrator of Bugs (Pavilion, 2017), Adventures in Space (Pavilion, 2018), Adventures on Earth (Pavilion, 2019) and Emergency Vehicles (Faber & Faber, 2020), and the illustrator of The World's Most Magnificent Machines (Faber & Faber, 2020). His forthcoming book Gizmo: Retro-Tech We Loved and Lost will be published by Laurence King in May 2026.