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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Artist Turns #ComicBooks Into Awesome Collages #Comics

Mike Alcantara Turns Comic Books Into Collages

Superman and many more at DesignTaxi

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Uglydoll creation myth - 10 year old cottage industry #Funko #Uglydoll

The Uglyverse is brimming with monsters. Wage was the first of eleven original characters created for the market in 2001, along with an interesting backstory for each character. Now there's over 120 characters and thousands of related toys, games, watches, coffee cups and comic books all done with the same care and style that goes into all their products.

David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim met when they were both at Parsons School of Design. On graduation they were separated, but the dolls brought them back together again. Sun-Min sewed a plush toy of a cartoon character that David drew on one of his letters to her. David showed the plushie to his friend who owned the store giant robot, and the unique "Uglyverse" was born ... where "ugly" means unique and different, and celebrating who you are inside and out is the new beautiful.

Meet a few of the original characters (below), and see examples of the complete line of Uglydoll toys, party supplies, books and backpacks for school and the holiday gifts for boys, girls and adult kids. Stay tuned for information about the Uglydoll movie from Universal Pictures.

Wage

Babo

Uglydog

Ice-Bat

Target

Jeero

Tray

Hitchcock Movie Posters: Collection from filmmaker Gary Winick's estate | Swann #Auction Galleries : Full Details for Lot 81

Swann Auction Galleries : Full Details for Lot 81:

Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 - 1996) designed some of the most memorable Hitchcock posters (on sale today at Swann Auction form the estate of filmmaker Gary Winick), and perhaps a few of the very best movie posters of all time. He's also credited with rethinking the design of film credits.

Bass started working with Hitchcock in and together they redefined movie poster design from dull lobby cards into attention grabbing graphic design that pulled customers in the door with the promise of something exciting and mysterious. Bass also worked with Otto Preminger, Martin Scorsese, Billy Wilder and Stanley Kubrick. See all the lots at Swann Gallery: Sale #2275 4/4/2012

Posters reveal another Hitchcock innovation of using movie titles with as few words as possible, often only one or two words. "The Birds" is all you need to say to get chills down your spine.

I CONFESS. Warner Brothers, 1953

DIAL M FOR MURDER. Warner Brothers, 1954

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. Paramount, 1956

MARNIE. Universal, 1964

NORTH BY NORTHWEST. MGM, 1959

PSYCHO. Three sheet. Paramount, 1960

	REAR WINDOW. Paramount, 1954
ROPE. Warner Brothers, 1948


24-sheet horizontal poster, printed in 15 sections. 9 x 20 feet

VERTIGO. Paramount, 1958

FRENZY. Universal, 1972

FAMILY PLOT. Universal, 1976

Hitchcock Poster Art (Amazon)

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Lladro Atelier - designer porcelain by Hayon, Biskup, Devilrobots artists + a jazz soiree opening | Collecting News Briefs

Lladro Atelier - designer porcelain by world class artists -

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Lladro Atelier created a new series of porcelain figures by working with three designers from different backgrounds who spent time in Spain at the Lladro factory working with the craftsmen to produce these limited-edition designer toy porcelain pieces.