some exciting new this month: one of my favourite clients is opening a new store/workshop space in amsterdam later this year; with a little bit of our help, more news soon…
me news
putintin
mister kalle mattsson has started a webshop to sell his wonderful buffalo bill gates series as posters, if you aren’t familiar with them head on over and have a look…
blow-up dolls
interesting article and rather odd interview (with the son of) 60′-70’s czech toy designer libuse niklova who; in a similar vein to patrick ryland (see post from last week below) chose to use plastic as her material and made a classic collection of toys, with a very singular vision on design
many thanks to ania markham (post panic) for the link
bird and fish
…the name may not be immediately familiar to you, but if you grew up in the late 60s, 70s or 80s, the chances are you had at least one of his toys in your house, more specifically in your bath…
it wasn’t, i did and yes, i did…
interesting guardian piece about patrick ryland the british designer behind the classic playplax, ‘ambi toys’ and the hard to find, ceramic objects ‘bird & fish’
thanks to martin ‘ the ratio’ bacon for the tip
use gotham
many thanks to my buddy calango for pointing me to the pocket art director… shame they are already sold out, never fear you can make your own… in fact, don’t bother; just use gotham for everything, right jeroen?