Pete Fowler Archive
interviews
We’ve reached the finale of Toys by Design for Design Bureau, and I’m “chuffed” to conclude my column with that polymath, Pete Fowler. Here’s an artist who was an early player
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packaging
What do you call a clever cartoon about coffee? How about a “brew-haha”? Have you been (caf)fiending for a product with a good story? One that hits all
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vinyl
Selim Varol‘s epic collection of art and toys [previously] opened this past weekend at the Me Collectors Room in Berlin. The exhibition includes a total of 3,000 works centered
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vinyl
Later this month, quite possibly the largest ever exhibition of toy art, will open at the me Collectors Room in Berlin. If you’re familiar with the Toy Giants
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product art
Pete Fowler has collaborated with UK-based Post Living on a line of tables based on his iPad drawings. Fowler is one of the character designers who shaped the toy art
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Art
I met Louise Evans (aka Felt Mistress) a few years ago, and she completely changed my ideas about plush toy art. Previously, I’d regarded plush as something akin
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vinyl
Here’s a cool opportunity for budding designers who happen to be, like me, big fans of Pete Fowler. London-based newcomers, Dudebox, are running Fowler and Fiends, a competition
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vinyl
David Cranner, maker of electronic instruments and mechanical sculptures, augmented this Van Orlax with two “Weird Sound Generators” that provide “bleeps, filters and drones to be manipulated by
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sculpture
I have SO MANY cool Halloween-related items to post that this one kind of exploded out of me a little early. One would imagine that Halloween is a
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vinyl
I’m a guy who likes art toys, stories, offbeat humor and escaping to my Happy Place, so I got the appeal of Ryan Roberts‘ toy photography instantly. The
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