A few months ago, I told you about French company Fire Design and their fanciful fire extinguishers made to resemble wine bottles. Well, this just in from Russia: Saint Petersburg-based designer, Timur
Following Disney’s bizarre and much-blogged misuse (above, right) of Peter Saville’s iconic album art for Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, The Gap now takes those iconic waveforms for an unsightly
Move over Sucklord, TV has a new toy lord, and he’s not from Chinatown; he’s from New Jersey! Starting next Wednesday, The Travel Channel will begin airing their
Hiroshi Yoshii is a Tokyo-based character designer and digital illustrator. Since 1999, he has created an original creature every single day. Yoshii calls his project, The Daily Work, and
Jeremy Fish returns to San Francisco’s FIFTY24SF with a Sanfrancentric solo show of new work. It’s like he never left! And technically, he hasn’t. The North Beach resident (voted “Best
Ah, the joys of growing your own and playing with toys… I decided our tomato crop could use protection; a scarecrow of sorts to ward off would-be worm intruders.
In 1959, the world was finally fit for a doll who wasn’t. Venerable New York dollmaker, Madame Alexander, created Marybel, “the Doll Who Gets Well,” as a friend
In the perennial pissing match that pits cities against each other toward a highly subjective judgment of which one is the best, I pose this question: Does YOUR
Welcome to The MINT (Moment of Imagination and Nostalgia with Toys) Museum of Toys: “the world’s first purpose-built museum for toys”. After reading my story on France’s fantastic collection of vintage toys (Les
Canadian artist, Sara Cwynar last appeared on this blog for teasing the truth out of Advil packaging. For her latest project, Cwynar arranged a decade of personal accumulations into a