prototypes Archive
vinyl
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,
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industrial
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
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vinyl
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’
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vinyl
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.
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vinyl
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,
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resin
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
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industrial
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
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popjects
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
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vinyl
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
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industrial
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
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