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Customized Uglydolls at Comic-Con 2012
July 20, 2012Uglydolls always make for a happy Comic-Con experience. In addition to bountiful plush, affordable tin toys and new BLOX vinyl figures in the Uglydolls area, there was a small customized Uglydolls show curated by Luke Chueh over at the Giant Robot … Continue reading
Affordable Art by Emerging Artists: Benefits Arts for Hope in Japan
May 21, 2012To honor the one-year anniversary of the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Jeremy Brautman (age 35) and Super Cooper Berella (age 12) curated a kidcentric, collaborative art show at Kokoro Studio in San Francisco. The theme of EARTH MOVEMENT was nature’s powerful forces: sometimes awesome and … Continue reading
Real Talk About Custom Toys 2: The PLAYSAM 500
May 1, 2012The PLAYSAM Streamliner car is an iconic Swedish desk toy that’s been in production since 1984. The company describes itself as ”a haven for contemporary, cosmopolitan, classic design. Simply put, Playsam are Scandinavian design at its finest.” Wikipedia describes Scandinavian design as “a design movement … Continue reading
Custom Toys with Dril One, Jay222, Leecifer, Dan Fleres & Yosiell Lorenzo
April 30, 2012What could Dril One be so smiley about? Maybe it’s spending the day with fellow Bay Area artists and toy customizers, Leecifer, Jay222, Daniel Fleres and Yosiell Lorenzo. Hot on the wheels of Ford’s GoFurther campaign with Luke Chueh [previously], Kidrobot organized an all-day painting, sketching, sculpting and signing event in the … Continue reading
New Art Pins and Magnets by Dril One
March 15, 2012Dril One just unveiled his first series of hand-cast resin art accessories. The range includes new-to-look-old monsters and skulls in magnet and pin form. Choose between aqua and ‘old bone’ colorways and price points of between $10 and $25. For … Continue reading
Earth Movement Previews Round 2
February 28, 2012EARTH MOVEMENT opens this Thursday, so here’s a second batch of previews! Like the first batch, the work shown here spans continents (Canada to Australia). In these 6 pieces, you can see some of the sweetest and the darkest images in … Continue reading
