Designer Toys: The Ultimate Guide to Collectible Art
Discover unique characters, limited editions, and the artistry behind these sought-after collectibles. From vinyl figures to resin sculptures, explore a world of creative expression.
Welcome to our Designer Toy archive! Here you’ll find a curated collection of articles exploring the vibrant world of collectible designer toys. We delve into the history, artists, and cultural significance of these unique pieces, covering everything from iconic characters to limited edition releases. Learn about the techniques used, the creative processes, and the passionate community behind this growing art form. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or just beginning your journey, explore our articles to expand your knowledge and appreciation of designer toys.
Art Prints, Facade Painters, Paper Toy & Blackbook Insights
It’s time for some more urban art link-tips today! This time I got some great new urbanism footage, a DIY paper toy guide, news about my Urban Artists in Action photo-series and more interesting street art and graffiti news from around the world. Here we go…
For a few days, some selected pieces of my Urban Artists in Action photo-series are available as art prints via society6! Some more are going to be available soon - I would be pleased with your support…
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Abandoned Miniature Cities
Chinese artist Jiang Pengyi has a foible for skylines, cities and urban landscapes and therefore started to create so called “unregistered cities” in abandoned warehouses. These abandoned miniature cities appeal somehow scary, but I really like the idea to stumble upon such an installation while my next warehouse visit…
In Jiang’s most recent series, titled Unregistered City, he further explores the present monuments to Chinese modernity - skyscrapers, contemporary high-rise apartments and the curves of Beijing’s express ways - but all done in miniature. Jiang sets his model cities in derelict buildings and vacant rooms that belong to the old world and that have been forgotten by the present. (artnet.com)
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Graffiti Street Animation
Do you know Tumblingerstraße? It’s a very nice small street with nice pieces on the walls and crazy cars on the street, where graffiti writer could paint without trouble…You think that sounds like a dream? You’re wrong, it’s a mini graffiti animation I found today!
The impressing two minutes stop-motion film was part of an thesis at the Design-school Munich and is a sight to see. The film shows, how a miniature graffiti writer creates a new miniature piece on a highly frequented miniature street.
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Urban Tilt-Shift: Portraying New York
Sam O’Hare took about 35,000 photos and invested 5 days for post-processing for that great New York tilt-shift video. I was really astonished when I saw it some minutes ago!
The video, which is called “The Sandpit - A day in the life of New York City, in miniature”, shows great impressions of the street life in New York in a technically perfect way, although it’s actually a fake tilt-shift…
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