Clever as ever, the Japanese have combined an animal shelter with a teahouse to create the Tokyo phenomenon known as "cat cafes." To understand why the Japanese would pay ($8-$12 an hour) to play with someone else's cats, you have…
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 →While partnerships between urban artists and urban brands are nothing unusual, a collaboration between Brooklyn-based designer Dalek and Serbia's Carrot Clothing is exciting news. As Serbia's first streetwear company, Carrot Clothing aims to infuse the global art, skate and street…
Continue Reading →Upper Playground and Digital Gravel have partnered to produce a limited edition line of Barack Obama T-shirts featuring artwork from the Upper Playground x Barack Obama sold-out print series. The Obama graphic T-shirts showcase designs by The Date Farmers, Munk…
Continue Reading →PatchTogether is an almost year-old community project for character designers and toy collectors. Initially based on the model of several T-shirt websites, PatchTogether presents a space to submit toy designs and have them critiqued, voted on and possibly put into…
Continue Reading →In an ideal world, a president is a true figure of action. In this world, the reverse is also true. While George W. Bush is perhaps the most parodied president in history, the current roster of candidates are spawning their…
Continue Reading →Kidrobot has just dropped word of their releases for October, and the theme is dark. With toys spanning sex, death, nightmares, zombies and psychos, there's officially something for everyone. The month opens and closes with 8-inch Dunnys: the kickoff figure…
Continue Reading →These days, you can hardly round a city block without coming across wheat-pasted, stenciled and sticker-bombed walls. With artists like Shepard Fairey and Banksy getting plenty of attention for their street art, there is an "artist" you've likely encountered but…
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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