Monthly Archives: November 2011
If Only Occupy Wall Street Had Tents By British Designers…
November 30, 2011If you think the notion of camping in style is pre-TENT-ious, then these designer tents from FieldCandy are not for you. However, if you can dig on the idea of sleeping inside a cloak of rayguns designed by the artist … Continue reading
Mossy Tools for Modern Living
November 30, 2011I woke up feeling kind of mossy this morning. If you don’t know what that means, I can’t really explain it. It’s one of those “you had to wake up mossy to get it” kind of things. Here’s something we … Continue reading
Art History Snowglobes
November 30, 2011There’s something really satisfying about seeing “highbrow” art history movements contained inside that trusty standby of souvenir shops: the “lowbrow” snowglobe. The History of Art Snow Globes by Ligano/Reese consist of 20 glass signed and dated snow globes with black bases … Continue reading
New Resin Toy Art from Ukrainian Asylum
November 29, 2011It looks like Patient No. 6 has been re-admitted into the soul-crushing psychiatric hospital. While he got out for a while (and entered my collection), there are other “Patient No. 6′s” needing to be discharged to good homes. The artist, … Continue reading
Support Me for Pay a Blogger Day
November 29, 2011Hot on the heels of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Cyber Monday comes a new way to infuse the economy on a micro-level. It directly impacts the life of someone who you may have never met, … Continue reading
Toys by Design: Circus Posterus
November 28, 2011Design Bureau‘s December issue has been out for a couple of weeks. Have you picked up a copy? It’s got a cover story on young architects, interviews with design experts, photos of stuff you want to own and houses you’d … Continue reading
Clear Green Tokoji Seijin by Koji Harmon
November 28, 2011Koji Harmon likes kappa, mischievous water creatures found in Japanese folklore. He’s released his original character, Tokoji Seijin, in several colorways, but the next one is really an amphibious gem. On December 3rd at 8PM PST (and December 4th at … Continue reading
Icelandic Cheerios Character Designs by Halli Civelek
November 28, 2011Dear General Mills, If you were to manufacture American Cheerios as you do in Iceland (in boxes adorned with Halli Civelek‘s fantastic character designs), I would buy your cereal. Until then, I will instead continue to consume the oddly addictive … Continue reading
Peecols For Only $3 on Fab.com
November 28, 2011Peecols, those humanoid toys designed by Germany’s eBoy and produced by Kidrobot, always seemed like a polarizing subject in the collecting community. Kidrobot’s founder, Paul Budnitz, would speak highly of the Peecols, which he likened to a “series of all of … Continue reading
