Hong Kong Archive
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Just as the UK’s Dudebox announces the creation of its US store, Toy2R, Hong Kong’s longtime purveyors of designer toys, announce the closure of theirs: While the Qeevolution continues,
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popjects
Sometimes you just need a hand! Right now, I’m travelling a bit, and so I can’t quite fulfill my duty of delivering you the daily dose of procrastination design
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sculpture
Douglas Young, the founder of Hong Kong-based brand goods of desire (G.O.D.) installed a giant plastic water pistol sculpture at the recent Hong Kong international art fair. Entitled Quantity Has
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Yes, it’s the Friday Instagram Roundup on a Tuesday. Last week’s IG photo re-cap was pre-empted for Bailey’s Memorial Pictorial. I found a lot of support through social
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Two absolutely adorable artists have designed what is essentially a totem in the form of a toy. The asymmetrical BearyCalm was “born from the friction of lead, paper,
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This is my 8th week curating a niche-specific Instagram Roundup, and it’s the biggest one yet. (You people make awesome stuff, and take excellent photos.) Today, we find
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Art
Sergey Safonov (whose hair has grown back since we last saw him) is in Hong Kong right now to sign the packaging for his Luno the Moon Rover
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I met Mark Landwehr at SDCC ’10. A few months later, I approached the busy German-born, Hong Kong-based toy designer about doing an interview for Design Bureau. We
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Michael Lau has been on my mind lately. For a designer who most people agree is the originator (or a pioneer) of the “designer toy” genre, he certainly
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