Estudio 5
We're always on the clock; literally. Sao Paulo's Estudio 5 skips over the traditional agenda pad and designed a wood clock with a write and erasable surface so you can mark time for that "fun-time break" in chalk in between…
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Our love for toy art crosses all borders here at JoshSpear.com, as you know through our enthusiastic posts. Plastic, paper, vinyl; each is equally adored. So why not a combo of these three formats then? TroyArt's robot models come in…
Continue Reading →No Design: Max Door
You'd think the most interacting you could do with a door is to open it. Hey, I'm not venturing into pervy matters here, but Brazil's No Design had a different idea for their handle-less Max Door. It locks and unlocks…
Continue Reading →Kidult Piggy Banks
I've had a mild obsession over piggy banks lately. Being without a car, I don't have an unused cigarette tray to throw in my extra change, and my coins usually wind up on the dinner table or stuck to my…
Continue Reading →Bruno Kurro
Bruno Kurro never needs to go back to the drawing board because that's where he seems to be most comfortable. Kurro puts pen to paper, incorporating triangles for heads, legs without bodies, and hands with six digits into his pictures…
Continue Reading →iSkin Brasil
These great portable device adhesives are from the debut collection of iSkin Brasil, but they look so good you could stick one of these honeys on a sketchbook cover or skateboard. Sixteen Brazilian artists, organized by art promoters/non-profit group Aprendiz,…
Continue Reading →Oups' Cartoon Craziness
I know for a fact that I'm not the only person on Earth who's always harbored secret dreams of starring in my own cartoon adventure. The idea of bopping funny-looking animals on the head, or being bopped myself until I'm…
Continue Reading →Kiko Dinucci
The guys over at Mais Soma magazine that we love so much in Sao Paulo have turned me on to the rumblings of a new-samba musician named Kiko Dinucci, who, with his band BandoAfromacarronico, has been drumming up some hype…
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