Hi, I'm Jeremy, and I like to write about toys.

In 1999, I got a job at a Japanese toy portal. That ignited a passion for collecting small toys that had been dormant since the days of Smurfs. Toys were plentiful, but funding the habit remained elusive. Then, in 2002 a desk job positioned me in front of a large computer screen with a T1 line to eBay (and some disposable income). I began discovering my now-favorite artists through toys. In 2004, I came face to face with a KAWS Chum at the Beautiful Losers show in San Francisco. After that, I was hooked on art toys. From 2008-2009, I was Editor-in-Chief of ToyCyte. I now do most of my writing for Neon Monster, but I still occasionally postulate and pontificate on toys and trends for a variety of blogs.

Recently, I adopted the moniker, "Toy maven" after it was consistently applied to me. Aside from being a new convert to the thinking of Malcolm Gladwell, I am a big fan of the writings of Chuck Klosterman, Will Self, Tom Robbins and Neil Gaiman. The rest of my bookshelf is rounded out by great design compendiums and art tomes, a few written collections on my favorite era of music (1977-1984) and a personal favorite topic: books that go behind the scenes with artists and writers, detailing the private rituals and idiosyncratic behaviors to which we are all prone. There's also a privileged place on the shelf for The Andy Warhol Diaries and all books and videos pertaining to Twin Peaks--both being moments (movements?) that forever altered the course of my life.

Want to know more? Read an interview. See my toy collection. Listen to my music. Peep my pics.

My writing appears on the following sites:

And now I've got a column called Toys by Design in PRINT!