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Frank Kozik continues his extracurricular pursuits outside of toyland with a signature pair of military-inspired Nike SB Dunk Hightop sneakers. The Kozik Nike sneakers are “premium” “quickstrike” kicks,
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vinyl
Ferg‘s newest Squadt, the Fr0g s001 [swamp dwllr], vinyl toys are a triumph in toy art engineering. Inspired by one of his favorite childhood toys, the G.I. Joe Frogman, the
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Art
Bryan Brutherford is a New Jersey-based designer who “makes stuff”. His work takes the form of weapons that melt and ice cream that doesn’t and pet toys sold
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studio visits
Angela Casserly covers old clocks with black and white toys and embellishes her own hand-made furniture with plastic insects. From a distance, the objects have the look of
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interviews
Let it be written that the 3rd week of January, 2012 is truly the time of the author/artist convergence. To recap: Stephen King as an action figure by
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Art
I met Louise Evans (aka Felt Mistress) a few years ago, and she completely changed my ideas about plush toy art. Previously, I’d regarded plush as something akin
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interviews
My seventh Toys by Design column for Design Bureau is a special one. While vinyl toy art is often misunderstood by the greater design world, plush toy art is worse
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Art
I briefly touched on Sergey Safonov‘s Flirps in the days leading up to DesignerCon, but since the leading graphic was an animated, pulsating, rainbow Luno, I understand that
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sculpture
Design 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
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interviews
Frank Kozik was recently back in Argentina for the debut of a new Kozik-emblazoned PUMA sneaker. Exclusively available in Argentina, the Kozik Suede Collection features micro perforated leather
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