Just as the UK’s Dudebox announces the creation of its US store, Toy2R, Hong Kong’s longtime purveyors of designer toys, announce the closure of theirs: While the Qeevolution continues,
These two modern chairs (above) were designed with recession-proof secrets. They offer a potential solution to a perennial problem: Has this ever happened to you? As you head
And now the story can be told…If you’ve been following along on the Circus Posterus blog and the Tomenosuke blog, you’ve been watching the progress of Brandt Peters’
In August of 2010, London-based duo Paul Delfgou and Daniel Kohn burst onto the designer vinyl scene with Arts Unknown. Despite a depressed economy with lackluster toy sales, they had a strategy.
Two absolutely adorable artists have designed what is essentially a totem in the form of a toy. The asymmetrical BearyCalm was “born from the friction of lead, paper,
Okedoki and VTSS continue to experiment with ‘economies of scale’ and Benny the Dreamer. Last September, a four-foot Benny was commissioned for the Melrose Ave opening of Toy
There’s a natural crossover between technology and toys, and Chicago-based JC Rivera is carving out (literally) a new mascot for Instagram, one of my favorite social networks. Rivera created a
If you like Daniel Ballou‘s cargo containers (just mentioned here) and other product design, you’ll probably also dig his desktop power lines. There are hundreds of miles of power
Hot (and waxy) on the heels of Humphrey Mooncalf comes news of what’s next from Doktor A Chester Runcorn (shown above as a wax prototype). Little is known about this
Italian design studio, Flusso Creative, is giving Simple Human a run for its (our?) money on their seeming monopoly over well-designed trash cans and recycling bins. “LECO” is the
