Toys by Design: Headlines 2011@Jeremyriad

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December 2011 Headlines

Yosiell Lorenzo releases the hibernating Sicklings.
I have a hardcore interview with Felt Mistress.
SKWAK is commissioned by Le Centre Pompidou in France.
Jeremy Fish gets an app.
A superfan recreates Super7 toys with Legos.
Now even cubicle commandos can go dumpster diving.
I review recent toys by Gary Baseman and Kidrobot.
Banksy gives us a Christmas present.
Bigfoot opens his solo show and premier of his resin at Dragatomi.
Ron English collaborates with Chris Brown on a toy, and nobody understands why.
MAQET reveals its holiday 2011 collection.
There is a lamp that looks just like Amy Winehouse.
Damien Hirst and Flea paint bass guitars for charity.
I review the Blamo Toys custom Swampy show.
MAQET makes sexy sculptures for Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock.
Takashi Murakami unveils a giant plush at Art Basel.
Super7 releases a tiny ice cream trilogy.

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November 2011 Headlines

Art history is explained in snow globes.
There’s a holiday for supporting bloggers; yay!
I interview Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters .
Complex posts a list of the Top 50 Designer Toys, and I have some comments.
SKWAK gets an app.
Ron English and Jason Freeny independently collaborate.
Frank Kozik designs some Pumas.
David Cranner synthesizes a Van Orlax.
Gary Ham makes a wood homage to The Sucklord.
Classic toys get turned into slick lamps.
SUCKtalk interview with The Sucklord (episode 4, 5 and 6).
I checked out the ThreeA custom toy show in San Francisco.
The Sucklord gets voted off the island.
Mars-1 opens a solo show in San Francisco.
Loyal Subjects releases a 5-foot Kid Dragon by Sam Flores.
Toy Talk with Tado!
The DesignerCon 2011 recap.
Yosiell Lorenzo releases his first resin Sicklings.
SUCKtalk interview with The Sucklord (episode 3).
Frank Kozik releases his Ludwig Van bust in porcelain.
I fabricate a fake fight primarily for my own amusement.
New hand-painted resin mutant bunnies from Joe Ledbetter.

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October 2011 Headlines

Francesco de Molfetta opens Pop Fiction at Toy Art Gallery.
Jeremy Fish releases a set of dominoes.
Dragatomi is voted best toy store in Sacramento.
SUCKtalk interview with The Sucklord (episode 2).
Kidrobot releases balloon animals that aren’t by Jeff Koons.
KAWS x Snoopy: Good Grief!
Practically impractical Japanese T-shirts.
SUCKtalk interview with The Sucklord (episode 1).
Fitness for kaiju collectors.
Ryan Roberts takes playing with toys to the next level.
Johnny Cupcakes releases its mascot as a vinyl toy.
MAQET releases three new 3D-printed collectibles by Scott Tolleson.
SUCKtalk interview with The Sucklord (episode 0).
Kidrobot announces a new Gary Baseman mini series, a new president and a ‘pre-call’ for defective product.
Extended Playz announces a vinyl toy by Jon Knox.
Have a look inside Tim Biskup’s digs.
Barbie gets all tatted up with tokidoki.
Circus Posterus holds its Halloween show.
Travis Louie’s Uncle Six Eyes finally gets released.
Highlights from the Alternative Press Expo.
Olaf Breuning turns mortals into art stars with body paint.

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September 2011 Headlines

Michael Lau releases the king of all designer toys.
Terry Richardson makes a great toy.
The Sucklord graces the cover of The Village Voice.
Felt Mistress opens The Beetle Boutique.
Instinctoy has an Inc Bear custom toy show.
Spoke Art presents a benefit for the sharks.
Dominic Wilcox puts miniature worlds inside of watches.
A new issue of Design Bureau comes out with my K. Olin Tribu interview.
I finally write up a comprehensive Comic-Con 2011 pictorial.
Two tough girls beat up Spongebob Squarepants in LA.
I have a fantastic time playing with toys and interviewing Junko Mizuno.
Toy Art Gallery opens a retail showroom on Melrose.
Toy Karma has its third show in Chicago.
KAWS has his second show in LA.
Dril One has his first solo show in Sacramento.
MAQET releases the Japanese Schoolgirls 5-way co-creation.
Mike Leavitt shares his Art Army Royalty sketches and then the actual figures!
A bunch of fashion designers customize scissors.
Superdeux has a solo show at The Summit.
I give a l’il lesson on the history of Mickey Mouse and gas masks.
Circus Posterus takes over DragonCon.

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August 2011 Headlines

THE SUCKLORD is revealed as a contestant on Bravo’s Work of Art Season 2!
A new trend this month? Inflatables.
The culmination of long term research: 100 Toy Art Tattoos.
Research tells me that Junko Mizuno fans love to get her art as tattoos.
I interview Ron Hollatz, who is covering his body with toy art tattoos.
I get the first look at Bigfoot’s new toy, sculpted by Brin Berliner.
Colin Christian makes a trio of beautiful girls, but I love riot girl the best.
Joe Ledbetter releases vinyl piggybanks with Play Imaginative.
Loyal Subjects hits Fab.com with Joe Ledbetter, Buff Monster and Alex Pardee.
Ron English releases a signature Montana spraypaint can.
I adore Tiny Fuppets.
Knowing what you like doesn’t mean only liking what you know.
Ronnie Pirovino shows off his epic KAWS collection.
I get all existential over designer gas masks.
San Francisco toy and comic shop, Neon Monster, closes its doors.
Frank Kozik goes bananas on Fab.com.
MAQET releases Yosiell Lorenzo’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Skinner opens his “mellower” show at The Shooting Gallery. As always, he rules.
I gif the shit out of TADO’s collaboration with GOLA, which, by the way, is awesome.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Or something.
Turns out that marshmallows make great canvases.
I dig in to Australia’s Perks & Mini.
Some ants in India trip the hell out.
Jason Mecier makes a portrait of Amy Winehouse out of pills. Too soon?
I suddenly have a better understanding of Winnie the Pooh.
Cherry Vinyl makes a big announcement, and I’m very excited for them!
I uncover Frank Kozik’s first ever resin Labbit.
English puppets teach me that green is not a creative colour.
Toy2R finally shows pictures of Jason Freeny’s Visible Qee.
MAQET releases Patchwork Dankeschoen by Shin & Nao.
Anpanman gets banned in the Middle East during Ramadan.
The Beastie Boys release $750 action figures.

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July 2011 Headlines

The Designer Toy Awards: best remembered in pictures.
San Diego Comic-Con is epic. This is a tag archive for all related posts.
MEET MAQET!
I find out that Ferg and I share a favorite color (among other things).
I talk to Daniel Zana about The Vinyl Frontier.
These crazy kiwis unbox 600 Dunnys.
Doodlesplatter shows up in a documentary about stickers!
Grody Shogun debuts a make-your-own Monster.
Brian McCarty uses toys as therapy.
China bootlegs the shit out of KAWS.
I chat it up with Greg “Craola” Simkins.
Imaginary Menagerie looks to be the best art show I can’t get to see in recent months.
I have the most amazing friends.
Noferin partners with Tynies on a set of small glass Pecanpals.
People who watch Twin Peaks also write graffiti.
You can find the biggest plush pancakes in Vegas.
Mike Leavitt makes bath towels out of suicidal celebrities.
Camilla D’errico shows off her first vinyl.
Roomba vacuums make good art. So do skateboards and cars.
Convergences with James Cauty blow my mind.
It turns out that factory errors look a lot like art.
Brandi Milne makes an art toy. An actual, honest-to-goodness art toy. In 2011!
Cunicode uses 3D printing to make really clever coffeecups.
Comic-Con 2011 previews [tagged] start gearing up…

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June 2011 Headlines

Kathie Olivas’ sculptures for her solo show look amazing and sell out accordingly.
I finally post pictures from Glenn Barr’s Faces.
I discover Poppin. My desk will never be the same.
Jon Knox releases his first vinyl toy through with Lulubell. Congrats!
High fashion means women can dress up like urinals.
I fall in love with The Color Bringer by Bjorn Calleja.
A Russian ad agency makes iconic ice cream.
Takashi Murakami reveals a revealing 10-foot girl.
A bunch of cool artists customize urban death machines.
Luke Rook announces Grody Shogun, his new vinyl company.
Idolz Toys releases an artist series, but nobody seems to care, especially the artists.
Public voting opens in the Designer Toy Awards. This blog and LOVE MOVEMENT are both nominated.
These perfect resin Ungummy Bears from Germany were the antidote to the malaise I felt after TAG’s resin show (see three bullet points down).
Jason Freeny auctions his first ever custom toy, but it surprisingly ends at just $285 with 19 bids.
Wilfrid Wood turns David Choe and Harry Kim into toys.
I drive to LA for Toy Art Gallery’s “Juried Resin Toy Show” only to conclude that the resin community is definitely not ready to be judged.
Kidrobot Black’s “most magnificent creation” goes on sale.
Naturally, Anthony Weiner has an action figure.
Toy art by Travis Louie?
Mike Leavitt makes his first porcelain piece.
BROMANCE gets cancelled as Artifact Gallery’s owner chooses a “career change”.
Artists and judges get ready for TAG’s Juried Resin Toy Show.
FriendsWithYou AND KAWS hit the High Line in NYC.
Scott Musgrove sells some original, affordable work online.
Parra and Toykyo release more great porcelain multiples.
Oakland, CA has a toy company???
Frank Kozik inflates a 20-foot Smorkin’ Labbit in Argentina.
Stranger Factory, the store/gallery owned by Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters, opens in Albuquerque.
BROMANCE is announced.
French company taps graffiti artists to customize prosthetic limbs.

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May 2011 Headlines

FERG adds articulation to next generation of Squadts.
Figuras Pubicas make me laugh with recycled toys.
Funded by Kickstarter, Sergey Safonov travels to Hong Kong to sign Luno the Moon Rover at Crazy Label!
KAWS releases a 12-inch wood Companion for $3K.
Now you can visualize brands as toys.
I say mostly very nice things about the Vinyl Roots custom toy art show.
My first and last post about Japanese designer underwear?
Olek yarnbombs her way into my heart.
Super7 celebrates 10 years in existence.
Anna makes me the most flattering sandwich ever.
Josh Keyes sells everything he hung at FFDG before doors even open.
Inner Sanctum releases Mari Inukai’s new toys, which are nice, but will become available wholesale when IS realizes they can’t sell them all online themselves.
Gary Baseman goes to Israel for an unconventional fashion show.
Jason Siu returns to vinyl, but it seems like nobody really cares.
Instinctoy releases more GID & flocked vinyl goodness.
Gabriels’ Toys for Melancholics opens at TAG.
Judgement day is closer than you think.
Playtimes magazine publishes a story I wrote about Monster Party.
Godmachine and I discuss cats and coffee.
I talk to Mark Landwehr of Coarse Toys.
I finally understand how pottery can be cool.

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April 2011 Headlines

Max Toy Co celebrates 5 years of making toys.
Conan O’Brien receives an original Jason Freeny anatomy sculpt for his birthday.
Bratz beats Barbie.
It becomes public knowledge that these people have the coolest house ever.
I get deep on how we spend our time.
Ian Ziobrowski creates the best 420-themed custom ever.
Giant Robot announces they will close their San Francisco store.
James Jarvis designs Coke cans and water bottles.
Luno the Moon Rover Kickstarter project is successfully (125%) funded! (April 12th, 2011)
Monsters & Misfits begins in Japan.
Super7 releases their first bronze figure.
Julie West sketches for fans at Kidrobot SF.
Joe Ledbetter announces an edition of 4-foot fiberglass Mr. Bunny figures.
Sort of inexplicably, Kidrobot hands me a Follow Friday.
Inner Sanctum shows off Camilla D’Errico’s first vinyl toy.
Rise Japan raised $15K to donate to Japan relief efforts by selling awesome art.
Artifact made its debut with Burlesque.
I checked out Last Gasp’s 41st Anniversary art show.
I spent Friday and Saturday at Wondercon in San Francisco.
The new Artist in Residence column debuted with Okedoki.

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March 2011 Headlines

We all have a conversation about Kickstarter.
I visit Yosiell Lorenzo’s studio.
Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami join Mike Leavitt’s Art Army.
Ron English makes a bad decision.
All LOVE MOVEMENT art now with 40-100% donated to Japan relief!
Luno the Moon Rover Kickstarter project begins! (March 23nd, 2011)
DEVO rocked San Francisco.
A Chinese company rips off a number of urban vinyl artists.
Four years in the making, Jonathan Edwards’ Inspector Cumulus gets its release.
I announce a project I’ve begun working on with The Jailbreak and Jason Freeny.
Gary Baseman and Brandt Peters say how they feel about fans bringing toys to fine art openings.
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami causes unparalleled disaster in Japan. As of March 21st, The Japanese National Police Agency has officially confirmed 9,301 deaths,2,722 injured,and 13,786 people.
A DIY vinyl sneaker toy project raises $20K in funding on Kickstarter.
Alex Pardee teaches us that art + pop culture = winning.
I cast some resin dinosaurs with Dustin Cantrell.