Days after posting shirts inspired by shoegaze albums and filed under genuinely never expected comes this incredibly faithful lamp commemorating the 30-year anniversary of The Chameleons second album, What Does Anything Mean? Basically. The UK band, known for such post-punk/goth classics as “Paper Tigers” and “In Shreds,” released three albums in the 80s and then reformed […]

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When I first encountered this new line of JCRT plaid shirts, I was scrolling through a Facebook shoegaze group. My takeaway was that this was some sort of misguided musical appropriation by J.Crew (not unlike that time The Gap made a Joy Division shirt). The gazers griped about the price and the horror of it all, but the […]

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Well this is a bummer: Chuck Williams‘ sculpt of a Donald Trump troll doll has come under fire from NBC Universal, and the crowd-sourced mass-production is now on hold. The Kickstarter page for The Official World’s Greatest Troll Sculpt By Chuck Williams is currently unavailable. Instead, it shows a copyright notice from NBC stating: This […]

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Twin Peaks wasn’t too heavily merchandised in its heyday circa 1990: T-shirts, trading cards, that sort of thing. Twenty-seven years later, the game has changed, and the floodgates have opened. A few weeks back, I posted about the new Twin Peaks action figures and vinyl toys. What have we got on deck for today? Well, […]

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Think you’ve got your pin game on lock? It seems we’re in the era of enamel pins. But no serious pin connoisseur wants their buttons clashing with their brands. Enter Japan with an innovative overlay that complements both. Rather than risk accessory disharmony, put these glorious popjects on top of your logos. You’re no longer part of the brand […]

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David Fullarton [interviewed] is back with a new edition that makes me feel rather slap happy. It’s an artisanal fly swatter. You wield the art object with hand-forged steel, and you whack unsuspecting insects with laser-cut leather. When it’s not in use, the David Fullarton fly swatter can be displayed on a pine wall plaque, complete with […]

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If Simon Monk can paint superheroes in bags, Chris Barker can do bad guys on blister cards. Barker’s 21st Century Fake Toys tumblr is a dossier of dolls scarier than Chuckie. Seriously. This Kellyanne Conway action figure gives me the shivers. Fake toys (like these by Randy Regier) can be fun, but Barker’s are just frightening. The gang’s all here: from Donald […]

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As Twin Peaks fans await the return of “TV too good for TV,” let loose the floodgates of licensed merch! Showtime’s 18-episode continuation of the series begins in just three short months (May 21st), but Funko’s tribute Twin Peaks toys line is ready to take your money right now. Should you pre-order? Longtime readers of this blog […]

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KRK Ryden is an artist, musician, Subgenii and Bay Area native whose career I’ve followed for some time. You might say I was hungry to interview him, which is why it was so apropos that the opportunity to do so was, quite literally, served up on a plate. To wit: Oakland’s own The Compound Gallery is inviting artists to customize ceramic plates […]

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Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius draws inspiration from music. His daily drawings (posted on Instagram) provide a reprieve from all those selfies, sunsets, and Pokemon in parks. If you’re a fan of music at all, Jurevicius has a stylized sketch that’s sure to delight. While his portraits cover a variety of genres from the 50s to the present, it’s his coverage […]

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This week, Mark Ryden’s Dodecahedron exhibition opened in New York, but a scene that could be pulled from one of his paintings unfolded across the pond. Though serendipitous, the surreal events are unconnected. The Creators Project reports that two life-sized Victorian dolls have been spotted around London locations like the Charing Cross Tube Station, Oxford Street, […]

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If you spliced together some DNA from Jamie Hewlett’s Tank Girl, Spencer Davis’ Booty Babes, and The Suicide Girls’ tattooed pinups you might just get Marcos Lorenzo‘s goth punk toy ThreeTimesNever. With her punk rock posturing and inked resin skin, this isn’t your average vinyl toy factory monkey. Plus, there’s a twist that goes beyond her torso: ThreeTimesNever is an […]

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No one wants to be in the hospital, and kids fighting cancer have no choice in the matter. A couple years back, Warner Brothers and creative agency JWT Brazil partnered to make special “Superformula dispensers” for the AC Camargo Cancer Center in Sao Paulo. Branded with Superhero logos, the chemotherapy IV drip bags had not just a new look, but a […]

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Five years after Electrolux made arty vacuums with plastic sea debris, a Chinese performance artist vacuumed the air in Beijing…and made a brick. Armed with a 1,000-watt vacuum cleaner, the artist who goes by Nut Brother swept the smoggy city for 100 days. Oddity Central reports that what he collected is equivalent to the amount of dust and smog […]

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Unlike most American adults, I know the pleasures of donning an animal onesie for special occasions. On the spectrum of adult bodysuits, there’s fashion, art, cosplay, but what about pure, unadulterated comfort? Well, Japan’s Uninhabitat has filled this niche with the Mewgaroo Jumpsuit. As ever, Google Translate is my Very Best Friend, summing up the unique Mewgaroo as: “And […]

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Italian-born, Brooklyn-based, artist Fidia Falaschetti unveiled a new edition of his Social Security Cameras at Miami’s SCOPE art fair this week. 2015 sees the reprisal/update of his Facebook, Google, Instagram, and Twitter cams, plus the addition of Snapchat and YouTube cams. Falaschetti fashions the cameras out of inactive security cameras, paint, leather, mixed media, and a serious (yet understated) […]

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Toy Art 2.0 is now available! This coffee table art book is a four-pound love letter to the spirit of community and power of accessible art. From cover to cover, its 290 pages  are packed with 50+ interviews and 150 color photos. We (an artist, a writer and a producer) created it from three countries over […]

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We’ve reached the finale of Toys by Design for Design Bureau, and I’m “chuffed” to conclude my column with that polymath, Pete Fowler. Here’s an artist who was an early player in the designer toy game, but he didn’t pause on plastic. In fact, he didn’t pause at all. For over a decade, Pete Fowler has let loose […]

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I’m preparing to take a sabbatical from writing this blog, so following up an epilogue with an end seems pretty perfect! I’ve got one more interview and one announcement coming, but this will be my last post on an objet d’art for a bit. I’m happy to coincide this conclusion with the final chapter of Sergey […]

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Two years after I first wrote about Genís Carreras‘ project that mashed up complex philosophy with minimalist design, I now hold his Philographics book in my hand! There were posters and then more posters and finally a Kickstarter campaign (that blew past its goal more than 4X over). From cover to cover, Carreras has distilled 95 philosophical terms into simple visual […]

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What do you call a clever cartoon about coffee? How about a “brew-haha”? Have you been (caf)fiending for a product with a good story? One that hits all those tasteful notes? Something that, to quote Pete Fowler, when imbibed in great quantities allows you “to see into the future and the past”? Here it is. […]

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A decade after the debut of her trippy manga, Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU, Junko Mizuno did a signing outside Kinokuniya Books in San Francisco for the release of PELU Vol. 2. PELU, for the uninitiated, is neither a cat nor a dog, but rather an adorable alien in search of an earth-based bride. You see, […]

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Words are really not necessary to describe the awesomeness of this convergence, but I’ll try: James Jarvis has very casually drawn up some very wonderful illustrations inspired by very epic Spacemen 3 [here’s a fan site] albums. Jarvis posted the sketches to his Instagram account yesterday, and I encountered them while I was listening to Spacemen […]

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Issue 20 of Design Bureau is out with a short piece I wrote about French fine artist, graphic designer, commercial illustrator and resident maniac, SKWAK. I’ve been following SKWAK’s work since I began chronicling toy art culture, and it’s rad to see him evolving and letting loose with his maniacs in the real world through SNEAKYMOB. Here’s […]

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All this talk about drones and no action, right? (Just kidding!) Well, last year Barcelona-based designer Axel Brechensbauer revealed this whimsical study for a proposed U.S. peace drone, and now, he’s created a 16-inch scale model. Hovering over hostile settlements or cities playing loud clown music, smiling around and delivering clouds of Oxycontin. A beautiful […]

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