According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2011 is the year of the rabbit. According to my own observations, 2011 has been the year of the scavenger. I’m not talking
Remember these Art History Snow Globes by Ligano/Reese? It turns out their experience with the familiar shaky-flakey domes is considerably more “global” than I’d initially thought. First, they
I briefly touched on Sergey Safonov‘s Flirps in the days leading up to DesignerCon, but since the leading graphic was an animated, pulsating, rainbow Luno, I understand that
Patient No. 6 returns, and this time he’s mobile. Has he been discharged from the psychiatric hospital that tried to squash his individuality? Is he on the run
Barcelona-based designers Alex Trochut & Xavier Mañosa conjured up a series of “Skateboard Fails”. Where the boards may fail in function, they excel in form. The bumpy, melty
This is maybe Coarse Toys‘ most goth release yet. It begins “When Silence Remains”…. and I’ll summarize the prose just a bit: It’s dark and cold. The noop
My love for Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock runs deep, and I always kinda related to the little, green, workaholic duders known as Doozers. As part of Gallery Nucleus’
Two New York artists, Katie Heffelfinger and Jed Miner, claim to have stumbled upon a massive collection of Courtney Love’s discarded pill bottles. The duo call themselves “occupytheartworld”
I’ve been meaning to write a few words about Toby’s Secret Society, the first mini-series of designer toys from Gary Baseman since Critterbox’s Fire-Water Bunnies in 2005. I
