interviews Archive
wood
It appears that I’ve gotten a little bit behind in posting the extended online versions of my Toys by Design column interviews! These interviews appear as page-long featurettes
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Art
Zombies are beyond played out, but I still can’t get enough brains. Specifically, brains by Spanish artist, Emilio Garcia. Recently, Garcia ditched the legs on his Jumping Brains
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vinyl
Some hardcore collectors compare toy collecting to drug addiction. Both activities begin in pursuit of pleasure. Both produce fleeting joy. Both leave you wanting more. Jason Freeny‘s CAPSL
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interviews
Most people tend to think of Shag as being an artist and active participant in the lounge lifestyle. While these things are both true, Shag is also a
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Art
You know that old saying: “Behind every great toy lord and toy hunter on reality TV, there’s a stack of broken action figures and a girl with a
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action figures
Move over Sucklord, TV has a new toy lord, and he’s not from Chinatown; he’s from New Jersey! Starting next Wednesday, The Travel Channel will begin airing their
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interviews
There’s another west coast migration underway–specifically east coast artists moving to LA. Among them, designer Tristan Eaton, who recently left Brooklyn to reposition his creative agency, Thunderdog Studios, in
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vinyl
Remember LA-based vinyl toy manufacturers, Veracious Vinyl? (Seen last year at Comic-Con here.) They’re returning to SDCC with an edition of Frank Kozik‘s Mao bust in clear red
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studio visits
Cassie and Ernie Velasco have been making figurative art for five years as Doubleparlour. They currently reside in the artful Lower Haight neighborhood in San Francisco, a city they’ve called
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interviews
I recently had the opportunity to interview Nathan Jurevicius, and I noticed something interesting. Whenever I mentioned his name to female toy collectors, their eyes got misty in
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