Posts Tagged ‘toys’

Auditorium Toys

Posted on July 7th, 2010 • Filed under Uncategorized • 4 Comments

Designer Brad Denboer couldn’t quite find the toys he dreamed about so he decided to build them himself. Auditorium Toy Co. was founded with the intention of celebrating the elegance of simple designs fabricated by historical craftsmanship.

Auditorium Toys are of superb quality. They are unique toys that are quiet, timeless, durable and beautiful — the type of toys that your grandchildren’s grandchildren will love. Each design is carefully handcrafted and engineered in extremely limited, numbered editions in their small studio in Tucson, Arizona, using time honored techniques and tools. Auditorium believes that the slower you put things together, the slower they fall apart.

The Boattail Racer is simply stunning. Opening the box here at swissmiss studio was ceremonial to say the least. We all pretty much gathered around it going uuuhhh and aaaahhh!

What I love the most is the nice touch with the booklet the toy comes with implying that we will pass the toy on to other generations. Every previous owner writes their name into the booklet before passing it on. Beautiful.

Congrats Auditorium! We love what you’re doing! And wonderful thinking on the slowness part.

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David Flores Sneak Peak

Posted on August 7th, 2009 • Filed under Uncategorized • No Comments

Reblogged from Clutter Magazine:

David Flores has blogged a sneak peak at a new piece of vinyl being created by Kidrobot and licensed by Disney that looks distinctly like his unique take Thumper from Bambi. This seems to be taking all the design cues from the X-Large version of the Medicom Mickey Mouse Flores did using pretty muted tones. Also interesting that KR has got a Disney license…more to come from them perhaps?

Licensed by Disney? I have to get over my prejudice that Disney is either; 1) an impenetrable grumpy giant, or 2) fodder for gray market Asian knockoffs. I know I see examples over and over again, like the one above, but they still have not one me over. Maybe when the have a graffiti night at Disney World.

 

O-No Sushi

Posted on August 4th, 2009 • Filed under Uncategorized • 1 Comment

Imagine if Chris Burden had found inspiration in sushi. The performance artist with a knack for self mutilation might have ended up on a series of small plates. Try not to think about it. Instead, enjoy Andrew Bell’s humorous O-No Food Company Sushi toys.

via NOTCOT