I really enjoyed shopping in Daikanyama, it's a fairly quiet neighborhood set back from the flashing lights of neighboring Shibuya. Over the next few days I'll be highlighting a few of my favorite shops from this neighborhood. Although there are…
Continue Reading →Jason Nelson is a digital and hypermedia poet and artist. If you’re not acquainted with digital work, you likely have questions regarding what it is. If you are acquainted with digital work – well, you still have questions. Obviously, there…
Continue Reading →Dustin Cantrell's handmade Plasma Dunnys (as seen here on JS last February) sent a ripple through the art toy community--and beyond. First appearing on custoMONDAYs (a series of 20 emerging toy artists curated by yours truly), Dustin's Dunny quickly attracted…
Continue Reading →Nestled beneath the Manhattan Bridge overpass in the DUMBO area of Brooklyn is a haven for fans of Japanese art and subculture. It's called Zakka, and it's home to an awesome array of art books and more. We're talking tomes…
Continue Reading →On May 1st, Selfridges, the high-end UK department store, celebrates its 100th birthday in style. Over the last century, Selfridges has remained on the edge of fashion and culture by collaborating with luminaries like John and Yoko, Salvador Dali and…
Continue Reading →San Francisco-based interactive design firm, 17FEET, revealed their first designer toy at Phoenix's Resin Collective group toy show. When I caught up with 17FEET last December, the Feeters were still in the prototype stage, but now the tiny trio is…
Continue Reading →1. Stealth R/C Helicopter: Read JS Review | Buy It ($30) Break out your favorite pair of aviators because the Black Stealth R/C helicopter is the perfect little gadget for all you wannabe flyboys. With the ability to fly left,…
Continue Reading →Everything's going green these days, and the toy world is no exception. Perhaps appealing to our guilt at the amount of plastic we consume as toy fanatics, a growing crop of collectibles attempts to balance the extraneous and the ecological.…
Continue Reading →Aardman Animations' Wallace and Gromit have been recruited as spokesmodels for a series of advertisements for luxury lifestyle store Harvey Nichols. Some of the designer clothes featured in the posters and magazine ads include an Alexander McQueen suit, a Dolce…
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