French artist Soasig Chamaillard takes damaged commemorative statuettes of The Virgin Mary and turns them into pop culture characters. There’s Hello Kitty Virgin Mary, My Little Pony Virgin Mary,
A couple months back, I asked noted toy photographer, Ryan Roberts [interviewed] to visit Nashville’s Cheekwood Museum of Art on my behalf. Since I couldn’t go see Mathilde
Vegetal Identity is a French design agency that’s captured my heart by placing tufts of sphagnum moss inside a giant cookie cutter that spells the word “green”. Greeny
France’s Museum of Decorative Arts has digitized a great library of vintage toys (or ‘jouets’ as they whimsically call them). It is utterly comprehensive and wonderful. If any Decorative Arts librarians
Like the Astroboy above (on his way to Berlin for Selim Varol’s massive toy art exhibit) this week’s Instagram Roundup is gigantic. Expect to see vinyl, plush, resin
Several artists and manufacturers have been redefining the way we see porcelain, but no one’s taken such a direct crack at the material’s traditional heritage as French artist
Incredibox, the fun, music-making application from French design studio So Far So Good, and musician Incredible Polo, is back with a new, more robust version 2.0. I loved this
As far as dream collaborations go, it’s difficult to top the recent collab between artists Liu Bolin and JR in NYC. But here’s to trying: David Lynch is
Here’s further proof that any object can be customized and that France continues to win the “thinking outside the box” [see: graffiti on prosthetic legs] Design-on-Anything award. Fire