Alex Grey and Allyson Grey are visionary artists and founders of the New York-based sanctuary, Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors. One month ago, they launched a Kickstarter campaign to
The increasingly “cloud-based” nature of collecting is a trend I’ve been following, and I’m not alone. Netherlands-based designer Lucas Maassen and Raw Color question the meaning of “ownership” in the
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
Elinor Portnoy is a Tel Aviv-based industrial designer who has given us what had previously been an absentee archetype in designer toy culture: the Jewish mother. Portnoy conceived
My friends over at MAQET recently released their first licensed 3D-printed DIY figure: Emily the Strange! The project has been underway for many months, and head MAQETeer,
The problem with memes is that they’re not tangible. Memes are deployed across the Internet, and for short, powerful surges of time, they have lives of their own.
ParaNorman is an upcoming 3D stop-motion animated adventure film produced by Portland-based Coraline creators LAIKA, and set to open in theaters tomorrow, Friday, August 17th. Notably, ParaNorman is the first stop-motion
3D printing is getting closer to being a reality for amateurs and in-home use. The MakerBot folks were on hand at Comic-Con to demonstrate their newest machine, The
Have you ever wished you could get a blank slate and just start over? Not quite like in a Witness Protection Program or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Remember these amazing 3D-printed guitars by Olaf Diegel in New Zealand? He’s now got some competition by way of the new RP Guitar from One.61 Ltd, a prototyping company
