interviews Archive
studio visits
Frank Kozik is misunderstood. Or maybe he’s perfectly understood in a scene with many contradictions. Either way, he’s earned a living making stuff he likes for three decades.
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interviews
Perfect opportunities like this don’t come around very often, so when they do, it’s just…bashert. In late June, I got to meet up with Jon Burgerman in my
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Art
About Cuddly Rigor Mortis 2008 was the year that changed my mind about designer plush. It began with the innocent-enough acquisition of two items: A Curster Yeti by
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vinyl
On Monday, we began a conversation about blind box toys, and we started at the source: the toy companies. Kidrobot and MINDstyle both said that their fans enjoy
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vinyl
All this week, ToyCyte has been having a conversation about blind box toys: Are they a marketing strategy or a fun experience? As designer toys travel from toy
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interviews
SKWAK is back! Technically, he never went away. He’s actually been pretty busy, and his current schedule includes new toys, new tees and a show. Johan of the French
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Art
About MONSTREHERO MONSTREHERO is Sean Blay and Cliff Kirschner, two guys who live in Orlando and like to make toys. They draw influence from superheroes, Japanese monsters, comics,
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vinyl
Toys Are Us: A Revolution In Plastic is a documentary on the vivid world of vinyl toys, the people who make them and the collectors who love them.
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Art
This Huck Gee interview was one of my first “probing” interviews for ToyCyte. In all cultures, there are certain questions that are taboo. Asking artists about money is
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Art
Mike Leavitt was one of the first artists I interviewed at ToyCyte. “His own art wasn’t enough anymore. Art itself wasn’t enough anymore. But he knew it was
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