This website is about any and everything that sparks the creative genius in all of us. By profession I am a Graphic Designer, and enjoy all aspects of design. From traditional to urban from resin to vinyl, these are all great mediums and deserve to be explored. On top of that everything from music to movies from guns to graffiti.
Kidrobot is hijacking the Concept Store in Selfridges' Wonder Room and transforming it into a Kidrobot universe! From January 22 to February 21, visit our store-gallery on Orchard and Oxford Streets and see 8-foot inflatable Kidrobot toys like Dunny, MUNNY and Labbit; a 4-foot Dunny painted by TADO (yours for £12,000); and peruse our 8-inch Dunny Gallery featuring hard-to-find figures culled from our personal stash in New York City (not for sale at any price).
You can also pick up custom 20-inch Dunnys and MUNNYs by John Burgerman, ilovedust, and other master UK artists, grab a case of Ye Olde English Dunnys featuring 17 all-new limited edition designs, and if you're very lucky, get your hands on one of only 300 Kidrobot 16:Kidpunk UK Edition figures, available on January 29, but if you can't make it over the pond you can fill out THIS FORM to possibly win your own!
Scion, Asian and Asian-American pop culture magazine Giant Robot and artist Shin Tanaka bring cut-out fun to all ages and paper toy enthusiasts alike through special templates included in select Giant Robot issues. You can see a few of these over on their flickr right now!
Tanaka’s first template appeared in Giant Robot issue 56 which also featured an interview with the artist himself. The second template followed in issue 57 which is out now, and the third will be featured in issue 58 which hits streets on February 9, 2009. Readers can cut out the templates and fold them following the simple instructions to make their own robots. Readers who create all three figures can assemble them to create Tanaka’s larger “4-in1 Robot” commissioned by Scion.
Tanaka, who was born in Fukuoka, Japan, is an artist who creates imaginative paper toys, figures and sneakers with precise details. When he was younger, he began creating paper sneaker replicas with complete detail because he could not afford to buy all his favorite shoes. Since then he has collaborated with Nike, Adidas and Reebok to create custom footwear and exhibited in Berlin, Hawaii, and Portland, Ore. He recently participated in the Kennedy Center’s show “Japan! Culture + Hyperculture.” Tanaka offers most of his fun templates for free at his website http://shin.co.nr/ where fans can download them, to print, build and customize.
Like Tanaka, Scion encourages personalization and free thinking. Scion continuously supports artists and brings their work to new audiences as customization and creativity are some of the brand’s core values. It is awesome that Scion is getting involved in the art scene, and as posted on HERE before they are really making a name for themselves, not only in their cars, but in their sponsorships.
To celebrate Barack Obama’s step into the Oval Office, which went off seamlessly I might add, Silent Stage has teamed up with Aaron “Angry Woebots” Martin to produce a limited edition “Shaka” offset poster.
Each Limited Edition Offset Poster is hand numbered & measures 18″ x 24″ & comes with Certificate of Authenticity. The poster will be an edition of 300 and will price at $25 each. The posters will be available for sale on www.SilentStageGallery.com on Monday, January 19th at 1pm PST. You can also check out a small “Manifest Hope” video(below) which features Aaron Martin’s painting in the Denver Gallery back on August 25th 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also...be sure to check out Silent Stages new website HERE, and their awesome new forum HERE, (Sign up to win a Woebot Print) and make sure you keep checking back to those sites because they are ever changing, and growing in popularity by the day! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aaron was asked back in July 08′ to be a part of the “Manifest Hope” show which kicked off back in Denver Colorado, August 25th 2008 and ending in Washington DC, January 17-19 2009. With names like David Choe, Shepard Fairey, Andy Howell, David Flores, Ron English, & many others. Aaron was quick to support his home town hero from Hawaii with an Obama “Shaka” painting featuring Barack Obama in a Hawaiian Shirt throwing up the traditional “Shaka” symbol. (Check the video below)
A new print by David Lanham has just been released and it is titled "Hope". This is a twist on the ever popular saying by our new President, and what a better time to release this...the day of the inauguration. You can purchase this for $40 and it is a 12x16 inch print limited to an edition of only 50. Click HERE to get yours today!
Thanks to an unknown source(next time leave yer name silly!) I was lead to these awesome products on SuperHeroTimes.com, where a super stylized figure of superman designed by UNI-FORMZ displayed itself.
Following the release of Batman, Superman joins DC Direct's stylized vinyl line - UNI-FORMZ - inspired by the designer toy phenomenon. Three unique versions of Superman will be made available: A classic version in his traditional blue and red outfit, a Cyborg variant based on “The Death and Return of Superman,” and a Kryptonian Life-Suit variant. Fans can expect these limited edition figures in Spetember, 2009.
These look really awesome, and I am looking forward to future releases from this company...hopefully they don't just stick to DC...because Wolverine would be looking pretty slick.
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