history Archive
sculpture
When I’m doing an interview, I often ask my subjects what items they’d bring with them to live out the rest of their days on a far away
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prints
Today, we have a triple play. Read this post, and you’ll learn a little something about music history, art history and history history. This Friday, Jermaine Rogers will
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paintings
West Oakland’s 16th Street train station was designed by architect Jarvis Hunt, and it opened for business (101 years ago) in 1912. In its early days, the station
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Design
In the solar system of designer toys, I’ve just become aware of a neighboring planet: modern dollhouses. The designer dollhouse planet is populated by meticulous, artsy, crafty collectors–just
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Music
People like to throw around the adage that we should learn from history or be doomed to have history repeat itself. That’s all fine in theory, but what
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illustration
Waaaaaayyyy back before the dead celebrities depicted in Jason Mecier’s pill portraits had consumed their first capsules, and in an era that lacked the hipster irony of Desire
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vinyl
Super7 is about to release a new toy by Mark Gonzales, one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. Skateboard legend Mark Gonzales’ distinctive artwork has piqued
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vinyl
It’s been 5 years (seems like longer) since the release of Bob Dob‘s first vinyl art toy, Luey, and by the end of the month, his 2nd figure, “Will”
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vintage
OK last post on these Argentine cereal premium toys (for today, at any rate). But these 80s music toy rings are just so good! Previously, we took a look
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vintage
Little Miss No Name was a doll designed by Deet D’Andrade (who also designed Blythe) and released by Hasbro in 1965. The doll wore a burlap sac of a
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