A graduate of the highly esteemed Central Saint Martins school of fashion and design, London based designer Vinti Andrews has garnered a huge amount of attention for her unique re-constructionist approach to fashion. Her most famous work has come from extensive collaborations with sports brand Nike, including 2008’s Vinti x Windrunner series (pictured below), butContinue reading “Vinti Andrews’ Nike Dog Sculptures”
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DMS’ Dumny in Carbonite: A Dunny Bootleg
Having previously covered the bootleg toy art of both Killer Bootlegs and the legendary Suck Lord, our attention turns to Dan ‘DMS’ with the release of the latest edition in his series of toys. Based on the iconic Star Wars scene in which Han solo is imprisoned in carbonite, DMS takes the original sculpts ofContinue reading “DMS’ Dumny in Carbonite: A Dunny Bootleg”
Uncovered: The Beautiful World of Ashley Wood’s ThreeA Toys
Founded in 2008 by ThreeZero’s Kim Fung Wong and artist Ashley Wood, threeA have gone from strength to strength to become one of the world’s leading art toy manufacturers. Focusing on anime inspired 1/6th scale figures and post-apocalyptic robots, threeA’s attention to detail surpasses anything seen in the mass production toy industry thus far; fromContinue reading “Uncovered: The Beautiful World of Ashley Wood’s ThreeA Toys”
The Old School Video Game Art Show @Gallery 1988: Update
With Gallery 1988’s latest exhibition at it’s Venice location drawing ever closer, we’ve decided to give a quick preview of some of the Old School Video Game Art Show’s entered pieces. Opening next Friday (September 16th), the show is set to feature pixelated 8-bit tributes from over 100 artists including Luke Ryan, Kim Herbst, DeadlySweetPlushes,Continue reading “The Old School Video Game Art Show @Gallery 1988: Update”
Sillof’s Workshop: Re-imagining Your Childhood Since 1999
Whilst writing our recent feature on Peter Goral’s “Killer Bootlegs” and the newly emerging bootleg toy scene, we stumbled upon the amazing works of American modeller, Sillof. Although not a bootlegger in the same vein as Goral or the Sucklord, Sillof’s customs of well known iconic action figures (primarily from Kenner’s vintage Star Wars line)Continue reading “Sillof’s Workshop: Re-imagining Your Childhood Since 1999”
Zim and Zou’s “Back to Basics” Retro Paper Craft
French graphic design house, Zim and Zou, have recently finished their highly anticipated Back to Basics project, a beautiful study of vintage technologies in paper-craft form. Featuring iconic designs from the 80’s era, the likes of the Polaroid camera, Gameboy, floppy disk, Walkman and NES controller have been faithfully re-created in the era’s bold andContinue reading “Zim and Zou’s “Back to Basics” Retro Paper Craft”
Toy Karma 3 @Rotofugi Gallery
Now in it’s third run, Toy Karma, in association with Max Nagata’s Max Toy Company, will be finally opening it’s doors at the Rotofugi gallery on September 10th. Celebrating the weird and wonderful world of Japanese Kaiju toys (made famous by the likes of Godzilla, Mothra and Ultraman in the 70’s), the exhibition has beenContinue reading “Toy Karma 3 @Rotofugi Gallery”
Peter Goral’s Killer Bootlegs
The bootleg toy industry has always been an area frowned upon by most collectors, with the results usually considered as cheap, shoddy knock-offs of our favourite figures created to fool us into parting with our hard earned cash. With the rise in popularity of the art toy scene, this stigma is slowly starting to change,Continue reading “Peter Goral’s Killer Bootlegs”
Brain Evolution Show @Toy Art Gallery / Jason Freeny Reveal
Celebrating the recent release of the iconic ‘Jumping Brain’ in toy form, artist Emilio Garcia has collaborated with Toy Art Gallery to produce his first custom show, entitled Brain Evolution. Using the Toy2r produced Jumping Brain as a platform, over 40 top artists including Buff Monster, Bwana Spoons, Jason Freeny (featured below) and Boris HopekContinue reading “Brain Evolution Show @Toy Art Gallery / Jason Freeny Reveal”
EYE WITNESS: Lunartik’s Mini Tea Tour @Forbidden Planet
On a recent trip into London, we took some time out to go and visit the prestigious Mini Tea Tour 2011, currently on show at Covent Garden’s Forbidden Planet comic store. Hosted by one of the UK’s leading illustrators/toy designers Matt “Lunartik” JOnes, the exhibit (which was previously covered in the Tru:Teknology Files way backContinue reading “EYE WITNESS: Lunartik’s Mini Tea Tour @Forbidden Planet”
Blockbusterz Group Art Show @Artoyz
In a collaboration with GeekArt.net, renowned Parisian gallery and art toy shop, Artoyz, has launched it’s 2nd summer collective exhibition, entitled Blockbusterz. Calling on the talents of 40 internationally known artists including Ammo, Bonface, Kozet, Tim Tsui and Plastic Soldier, each was asked to create a piece based on a blockbuster film from the pastContinue reading “Blockbusterz Group Art Show @Artoyz”
tokidoki x K11 International Collaborative Art Project
As part of K11’s annual Food Art Festival, the prestigious Hong Kong based super-mall has collaborated with Tokidoki on a series of projects that will run until the end of September. Known for their extensive work with the likes of designer Karl Largerfield, Le Sport Sac and Levi’s, Tokidoki have created two 5 meter tallContinue reading “tokidoki x K11 International Collaborative Art Project”
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