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Toys by Design: Mike Leavitt
May 28, 2013The latest issue of fantastic design magazine Design Bureau is on news stands now! For this Toys by Design column, I chatted up my pal, art instigator Mike Leavitt. In addition to showcasing the Art Army Royalty, Mike talks about inspiration, “adult educational toys” … Continue reading
David Fullarton Compounds His Apologies With Humor
May 9, 2013“I’m sorry I spraypainted a gigantic penis on your garage door, but one day when I’m a famous graffiti artist it will be worth so much money that you will never have to work another day.” I love it! It’s … Continue reading
Interview with J.G. Quintel, Creator of Cartoon Network’s Regular Show
March 1, 2013J.G. Quintel, creator of Regular Show on Cartoon Network, is an 80s culture junkie. (He says that using “retro stuff” like cassette tapes and cartridge games “makes it feel more real.”) What a dream, then, to get Devo‘s Mark Mothersbaugh … Continue reading
A Retrospectacular Interview with Artist Matt Ritchie
February 1, 2013Matt Ritchie‘s Retrospectacle is an epic, yet understated, genre-defying art show open for one more weekend at the Olive Hyde Art Guild in the Bay Area city of Fremont. Perhaps you’re reading this interview on Monday and thinking: “Rats! I … Continue reading
Life-Size Toy Giants Take Over LA’s Toy Art Gallery!
January 11, 2013Toy Art Gallery in LA presents its biggest show yet. Tomorrow night, the Melrose Avenue showroom will be taken over by TAG’s life-size fiberglass editions. Gino Joukar, mega-collector and founder of TAG, writes: We at TAG feel that the Life-size … Continue reading
Toys by Design: The Pepe Hiller Interview
January 8, 2013It appears that I’ve gotten a little bit behind in posting the extended online versions of my Toys by Design column interviews! These interviews appear as page-long featurettes in the ‘Objects’ section of sexy print magazine, Design Bureau. The new … Continue reading
Interview with the Brain Man: Emilio Garcia and his Skull Brains
December 3, 2012Zombies are beyond played out, but I still can’t get enough brains. Specifically, brains by Spanish artist, Emilio Garcia. Recently, Garcia ditched the legs on his Jumping Brains for something even more cerebral: The Skull Brain. The new brain editions … Continue reading
Dewey the Zombie With Action Calculator Resin Toy Art by Joseph Harmon
October 24, 2012When last I checked in on Portland-based artist, Joseph Harmon, he was making astral-aboriginal-animal-psychedelic-plant-people hybrids. These days, he’s making zombies. Dewey was a model student and gifted mathematician. One day he stumbled across a math formula to have sex with a … Continue reading
Jason Freeny and the Straight Dope on the Newest Designer Drugs
September 12, 2012Some hardcore collectors compare toy collecting to drug addiction. Both activities begin in pursuit of pleasure. Both produce fleeting joy. Both leave you wanting more. Jason Freeny‘s CAPSL toys can be considered a two-for-one special: Open the blind-boxes for an … Continue reading
Product Art and Consumption Culture: The Shag Interview
August 21, 2012Most people tend to think of Shag as being an artist and active participant in the lounge lifestyle. While these things are both true, Shag is also a published author and fan of linguistics. For instance, “Shag” is a portmanteau … Continue reading
