designer toys Archive
vinyl
I can’t think of a toy I’ve written about recently that’s polarized collectors quite like the Banksy-inspired Rude Copper and Bomb Hugger by UK-based toymakers, Apologies to Banksy. After I
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vinyl
Sticky Monster Lab is a multidisciplinary design agency from Seoul, Korea. They work in illustration, graphic design, animation, motion graphics and product design. All of those specializations come together as superb
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vinyl
Last night, one of my Dunces (Goody2Shoes) by Gary Baseman tumbled from its perch and broke a leg. I’m posting the photo here because although we get some
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vinyl
Hooray for toy news from the land of Le Merde! Mike will be releasing his Misty Fog characters as multi-colored vinyl finger puppets (fenga papits). The 5-piece sets
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vinyl
2012 saw the release of 2bithack’s limited edition Banksy toy, Smiley Copper, and 2013 is off to a solid start in Banksy bootlegging. Introducing a full spectrum of Rude
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plush
Filed under So Bad It’s Good: Barcelona-based Pussie Toys was commissioned by Spanish Agency Tiempo BBDO to make a range of plush meme toys. Pussie Toys is the
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vinyl
There’s so much talk about Fifty Shades of Grey, I figured I’d capitalize on current events with a dual-duty post on two sexy monotone toy releases this week.
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vinyl
Neko Oba-san (Aunt Cat) is the newest creepy sofubi character toy from Yukinori Dehara. I don’t know what inspired this piece, but let’s pretend the cast of the
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resin
Designers can do so much with vibrant colors and geometric shapes. UK-based toy designer Tesselate continues what Genis Carreras started in the previous post with a colorful and shapely
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wood
Speaking of Pepe Hiller and wood toys from Europe, check out these great wooden toy cars. After having kids, Italian designer Matteo Ragni became a crusader against ugly and
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