history Archive
action figures
Breaking news! It appears as though Billy was NOT the first openly gay doll, as reported this morning. Twenty years earlier, 37-year old New York designer, Harvey Rosenberg,
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graphic
Next time someone gives you a strange look because you’re an adult who collects toys, feel free to tell them about these folks. Rainer from Germany and Edoardo from Italy
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sculpture
The”Whole Face Ophthalmophantome” was an instructional device used circa 1900 by ophthalmology students to hone their surgical skills. The adjustable model consists of a black painted composition mask
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sculpture
Douglas Young, the founder of Hong Kong-based brand goods of desire (G.O.D.) installed a giant plastic water pistol sculpture at the recent Hong Kong international art fair. Entitled Quantity Has
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product art
It’s allergy season again! What could be more appealing than to wipe one’s nose with a watermelon wedge? In response to the 60% difference between its winter
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Pop CULTure
My love for Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum is no secret, and now there’s a great opportunity for those of you who also love the Mütter, preservation of oddities or skulls in
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Pop CULTure
In December of 1948, Look magazine ran this gender-dividing personality quiz to ascertain how masculine or feminine you are. It begins with “You can be a real he-man
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Pop CULTure
Beloved author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, passed away today of complications from a recent stroke. He was 83. I grew up loving (and living) Sendak’s classic children’s book,
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wood
The PLAYSAM Streamliner car is an iconic Swedish desk toy that’s been in production since 1984. The company describes itself as “a haven for contemporary, cosmopolitan, classic design. Simply put,
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Toys
Roberto Shimizu is an eloquent orator on the subject of collecting objects: “There are collections made of visual objects. And there are collections made of emotional objects. The
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