Japan Archive
industrial
This is a tale of two couches. The first is by Italian designer Maurizio Galante. For reasons that should be obvious, it’s called Canapé Cactus. The Canapé Cactus
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vinyl
Japanese toymakers T9G always put on an interesting show. They just closed up Nest, a 2-week toy art and customized sofubi exhibition at Minority Rev in Hirao. The
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vinyl
Here’s a must have for all you collectors who like toy art and tattoo art. Toy Art Gallery partnered with SecretBase for the first fully painted edition of the
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popjects
It would be too simplistic and cliche to begin this with “only in Japan,” but well, these artisanal wood Chupa Chup holsters are, in fact, from Japan. Designed
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vinyl
Once upon a time, I was the Toy Maven, and all I wrote about was designer toys. These days, there are so many different things I want to
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illustration
Tomoko Shintani draws at cafes. So do a lot of people, right? But Shintani draws exclusively at Starbucks in Tokyo, Japan, and she continues from her paper sketchpad onto
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Art
Klaus Haapaniemi is a Finnish designer influenced by nature, folklore, fantasy and “traditional decorative arts with a modern twist”. Together with fellow Finn, Mia Wallenius, he makes textiles, furniture
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vinyl
Medicom Toy in Japan has released a new limited edition VCD (vinyl collectible doll) of Andy Warhol. The figure is available in two versions out now (above) and
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vinyl
Japan’s Instinctoy is on fire! Hot on the footprints of last month’s glow-in-the-dark Panda comes a new toy with a Halloween twist. For Jack-O’-Lantern, Hiroto Ohkubo took the drippy, spiky facial features
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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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