product design Archive
popjects
Oh what the hell, what’s one more?! Today’s 3rd recommended Kickstarter project is Puking Kitty Saucy Boat by Oakland’s own Gingerela & Lewis. It’s a popject that proclaims
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tech toys
I haven’t backed a Kickstarter project in a while, so I hope this isn’t me opening the floodgates to all manner of folks who want free advertising, but
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sculpture
For people who philosophically feel that “form follows function” Jeremy Hutchison‘s work [previously] must seem like stepping off a cliff. Hutchison takes practical objects and renders them impractical,
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industrial
If I had to distill the work of Jinhyun Jeon into an easily digested one-liner, I’d go with: Jinhyun Jeon’s designs are the math rock of tableware. Or maybe: it’s
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popjects
There are a ton of adorable accessories that will render your iPhones and iPads even more iCute. But I tip my hat to Line Caps. Line Caps are
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industrial
When you look at these photos of PIL House in São Paulo, Brazil, do you suddenly wish that rather than looking at toy porn on my site, you
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sculpture
The KAWS hype machine is about to get even more blown out of proportion. In just a few weeks, as Americans sit couched and catatonic from our ample
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vinyl
Elinor Portnoy is a Tel Aviv-based industrial designer who has given us what had previously been an absentee archetype in designer toy culture: the Jewish mother. Portnoy conceived
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vintage
Over 500 whimsical objects have just been on exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. The nostalgia-inducing art and toy designs are all connected by Swedish social theorist
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fashion
I last profiled designer Anton Repponen for his meat ties and anatomy socks. Now, here’s a bit more “biomimicmarketing” in the form of Repponen’s fruity footwear. Check out conceptual kiwi kicks
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