23 March 2012

The latest in a now, year-long series of bears from Shin Tanaka. This is the 31st edition, 32 if you count his one day only April Fool's edition, or 29 if you don't count the 3 that no one has and...

23 March 2012

There was a moment in time a few months ago when Shin "released" four of his Br. bears in such quick succession that the first three became "available" and then "retired" in the blink of an eye....

31 January 2012

There are plenty of reasons to rant on and on about the vapid, superficial and materialistic entrapments of Valentine's Day. Who among us hasn't felt the pressure to produce on this most Hallmark...

12 September 2011

The last Shin bear I wrote about was version #18, did you get #19? Remember what I said about blinking and missing it? Well, here we are now at #20 and it's quite lovely. Really digging the spring...

15 July 2011

Or as I like to say, Shin Motherf****n' Tanaka. Or simply, "Master." That's what Shin is, a true master of the medium. By now his legend is just that, and anyone who follows the paper world knows...

07 July 2011

The Japanese artist, Shin Tanaka, is pure shogun. But it's his designs that'll cut you to the core. Growing up he developed a nasty habit of falling in love with sneakers he couldn't afford. So...

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