Art & Design

i ♥ art » Matt Furie

Matt Furie

Kung Fu-fighting, helmet-donning, Rice Krispie-noshing Matt Furie is as wonderfully bizarre as his illustrations of mismatched critters making love, Sesame Street posers, and impeccably fuzzy monster families out for a weekend stroll…

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Kawaii! » J’adore Fifi Lapin!

Fifi Lapin

The uber-stylish lagomorph known as Fifi Lapin (that’s French for Fifi the Rabbit) knows all there is to know about what’s hot on the international runway circuit. The proof is in the pudding at Fifi’s very own blog and her wardrobe archive on Flickr…

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Kawaii! » Schizo Pandas!

HanPandas

Hanpanda, created by Japanese pop artist Nagi Noda, is every split personality sufferer’s best plushie friend! There are over 100 collectible toys, each a 50/50 hybrid between a panda and one of his animal kingdom friends – there’s even a Panda-Hello Kitty blend…

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Kawaii! » PERKy Little Buggers

Perk Pioneers

Shanghai-based design duo PERK stirred up quite the buzz with their rather alien-esque Pioneer figurine collection. So perfectly executed are these characters that they were selected by London’s Victoria Albert Museum to be part of their Chinese Design Now Exhibition…

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Do-Goodism » I Want a Pony!

Jim Houser My Little Pony

Oh the somersaults I did when I stumbled across the My Little Pony Project website! As a kid I refused most dolls and girl-focused toys but my Pony collection was vast and fanatically well-loved (little did I know it was the first sign of my vinyl toy obsession)…

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Shutterbug » Will Steacy Photography

Checks Cashed, Los Angeles, 2009

My good friend (and incredibly talented photographer) Will Steacy will be premiering his latest body of work, Down These Mean Streets, tomorrow at the Gulf and Western Gallery in downtown Manhattan. The show runs from June 4th – August 8th so if you’re in the area you should absolutely swing by the gallery and check out the stunning collection…

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Papercuts » Politico-rigami

Cowboy Mao

Some people do yoga, burn sage and eat salt crystals. When my stress levels are through the roof, I do origami. Thus, stumbling upon Hasegawa Yosuke’s global collection of currency origami was like mastering the Vrischika-asana (um, that’s yoga jargon for scorpion pose).

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