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Gummi Bear Anatomy 3D Puzzles Are Almost Here!
February 22, 2012The Jason Freeny x Fame Master Gummi Bear Anatomy 3D puzzle project [previously blogged here] has been in play for almost 5 years, and the company finally announced a release date. Freeny’s clear and green colorways will be released this … Continue reading
Custom Toy Alarm Clock Mad*l
February 22, 2012French art director Lena Antoine created a custom alarm clock using a DIY Mad*L toy. She describes it like this: One day, I wanted an alarm clock. I had an art toy and an old alarm clock. I have merged the two … Continue reading
Die Antwoord Toys Premiere in San Francisco! [NSFW]
February 22, 2012Today at 4PM, Die Antwoord presents a “special, one-night only installation” inside of Upper Playground’s San Francisco gallery, FIFTY24SF. While I can’t really picture how the madness will unfold on Fillmore, thanks to Juxtapoz, I CAN clearly visualize the vinyl Evil … Continue reading
Custom Stegoforest Resins at Grass Hut
February 21, 2012It’s been a while since news of Jesse Narens‘ hybrid animal-plant creature, Stegoforest. As it turns out, in the months following its cryptozoological discovery, Narens was quietly organizing a custom toy show (currently) at Portland’s Grass Hut. The show features … Continue reading
2-Foot Dissected Kewpie Doll by Jason Freeny
February 21, 2012Out of all of Jason Freeny’s toy dissections, I think this 2-foot dissected Kewpie Doll is his most radical transformation. By cutting away half the cute, Freeny reveals twice the creepy. Below (at right) is Freeny’s prior execution of a … Continue reading
New Fr0g s001 [Swamp Dwllr] from Ferg
February 21, 2012Ferg‘s newest Squadt, the Fr0g s001 [swamp dwllr], is a triumph in toy art engineering. Inspired by one of his favorite childhood toys, the G.I. Joe Frogman, the Fr0g Squadt occupies that wonderfully (Pantone warm) grey area of “playable” toy … Continue reading
German Soap Customizing Contest Gets Dirty
February 21, 2012Pril is a brand of German dishwashing detergent. They recently tried to use social media to crowdsource new package designs for two limited edition bottles. The campaign was entitled Mein Pril – Mein Stil (“My Pril – My Style”), and … Continue reading
Band-Aids as Office Supplies
February 21, 2012When you see a bandage, and it’s not on someone’s skin, your instant reaction is probably to choke down the vomit that just bubbled up the back of your throat. Tokyo-based designers, Mr_Design, however, have turned the iconic Band-Aid form … Continue reading
San Francentric T-shirts by Jeremy Fish
February 21, 2012San Francentric artist, Jeremy Fish, has reinstated his online merch bazaar, the Umbrella Market. Lots of great T-shirts depicting the San Francisco lifestyle are available for $24.
Giant Unraveling Credit Cards Made From Yarn
February 20, 2012Remember Dimitri Tsykalov’s excellent skulls carved out of fruit? The Paris-based artist has returned with a new series of thought-provoking textiles. The five giant woven credit cards were hung at Galerie Rabouan Moussion in a state of unraveling. (Weezer would … Continue reading
