My intro to Nick Knite came in the form of two very loveable monsters, Evil Icy and Tongue Toastie. These two creatures were a part of the awesome book, Papertoy Monsters...
27 March 2014
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20 November 2012
Derin Ciler aka MEKAZOO recently started up MKNK Clothing, a street wear brand based in Istanbul, Turkey. Inspired by pop culture, urban life MKNK's... |
24 March 2012
Is there a pop culture icon from the last 30 years that's as ripe for customization and re-interpretation than Darth Vader? Me think not. Here's the latest send-up. Submitted for the open invite... |
22 March 2012
Ashley Wood's ThreeA... |
19 March 2012
The enigmatic Phil is at it again. This paper toy goodness isnt available yet, just as eye candy in a few different "teaser" promos that Phil has released on his myriad of sites. One such pace you... |
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... |
09 September 2011
Nick Knite, the brilliant mind behind Funk Food has teamed up with the German based basketball and streetwear label K1X to release what has to be one of the coolest versions of Nick's MechaBunny,... |
22 March 2013
Congratulations to Reid Harris Cooper and TJKernan on winning their very own... |
29 March 2012
The wonderful calendar series from Go Scout Creative continues with this spring themed offering. Dragon eggs? Get yours HERE... |
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... |
22 March 2012
Alexander Gwynne is an enterprising young chap. Having won England's Ambition AXA Award at the end of 2011, AG has been going full speed ahead in an attempt to transform his love of paper into a... |
14 March 2012
French Graphic artist/Illustrator Elisa is deep in the middle of her paper toy project titled "Excuse my French". She plans to release 6 paper toys on her website ... |
14 September 2011
Our good friend, and fellow paper toy fiend, Merrci has produced yet another crazy-fun and totally original paper toy. Where he gets it from, I don't know, but I hope he continues going back for... |
12 September 2011
To paraphrase from James Brown of course... but it still applies. Marko Zubak continues to churn out beautiful, viable paper. If this post seems like a bit of dejavu, well... This time it's to let... |
01 September 2011
Wow. September is here, already? If the calendar says so... And as long as the days are going to fly by without a care, might as well mark them in style, right? The folks over at Curiosity / Go... |
08 December 2012
The enigmatic Vin has released a new series of themed toys. The War Writers series has been teased some in the past weeks and now they're finally here. As ambitious as any of his toys, these graf... |
25 March 2012
Waaay back in August of 2011, the teasers for Abz' Zealot Guard started coming out. All we knew at the time was the 6 artists who'd be participating, that the figures would be gundam-like, 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.... |
22 March 2012
A new Kickstarter project has come down the pipes. Part paper toy, part techno geek gadget, all awesome. Actually, the paper toy part in and of itself is amazing. Featuring three of my all time... |
01 February 2012
Let's all take a break from the skulls and ninjas for a second and get down with some slow paced easy-living. Scout Creative has... |
12 September 2011
The Netherlands have staked a claim in the paper toy scene. So many of the great designers come from this wonderful part of the world. Marshall Alexander, 3eyedbear, [MCK], and Dolly Oblong to... |
10 September 2011
You know the phenomenon that occurs when two incredibly good looking beings produce an offspring? It's almost too cute, right? Well, it's happened again. This time on the shelf of Marshall... |
30 August 2011
One of my favorite maxisms is, "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." The Pepetz paper toy project is a perfect example of such wisdom. Based upon a very simple design, they've offered... |