Archive for the ‘Product Art’ CategoryPac-Man Ghost Lamps
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
in Creative Company, mashups, pop culture, Product Art, products, The Internet, Things I Need
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Inside ThinkGeek
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
in Branding, Creative Company, People, pop culture, Proddities, Product Art, products, Spotlight, star wars, Tech, The Internet, Toys, Trendspotting
WIRED just published a great feature about our friends at ThinkGeek, detailing their incredible 11-year ascent from small graphic T-shirt-making company into $50 million a year brand.
It’s a must read. [WIRED: 'Inside ThinkGeek, Where Mythical Meat Can Make Millions'] Things I Need: One Star Trek Enterprise Pizza Cutter
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
in Creative Company, inventions, mashups, pop culture, Proddities, Product Art, products, Tech, Things I Need
Invented by our good friends at Think Geek, the Star Trek Enterprise Pizza Cutter [$24.99] is by far the coolest of its kind. Probably ever. Finding Nemo’s Anatomy
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Monday, September 13, 2010
in DIY, pop culture, Product Art, Things I Need, Toys, Trendspotting
Having covered his pop anatomies multiple times previously, it’s safe to say we’re huge fans of New York City-based artist Jason Freeny. His latest creation is this 4″ vinyl internal anatomy sculpture of the titular character from Finding Nemo, which he’ll be auctioning off on eBay this coming Wednesday (September 13). Thanks to our good friend Jeremy Brautman over on Neon Monster, we now know that Freeny’s last auction fetched him over $1,000 for his dissected Icebat Uglydoll, meaning deep pockets will be definitely be necessary to snatch up Nemo. Freeny has also given the same treatment to the Toy Story alien, which you can see after the jump. Star Wars Mask Magnets
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
in pop culture, Product Art, products, star wars, Trendspotting
These Star Wars Real Mask Magnets [available from the Neatoshop - $6.00] would look perfect on the fridge next to our App Magnets. Custom Kicks For the Pop Culture Set
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
in Creative Company, fashion, Features & Interviews, mashups, pop culture, Product Art
These Batman and Robin Nikes are just the latest set of custom kicks from Brass Monki (featured previously), which is actually just the trade name for Daniel Reese, one very enterprising and super-talented 22 year old from the outskirts of Liverpool, England. But we suspect that if he keeps putting out stuff like this, he’ll probably find himself in need of some employees real soon. As you’ll see in the photo gallery below, the Dynamic Duo are just the latest pop icons to get Daniel’s sneaker treatment. He’s done a whole slew of other styles inspired by Pac Man, Cookie Monster, Captain America, Bansky and a whole bunch more. While Batman and Robin aren’t for sale yet, all the other shoes we’ve featured are available in the Brass Monki store though they don’t come cheap. Prices range from £250 to £500. [First spotted at Dangerous Minds] Things I Need: The iCade
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Monday, August 23, 2010
in Creative Company, mashups, pop culture, Product Art, Tech, Things I Need, video games
Once again, we must tip our hats to the mad geniuses (and our good friends) over at Thinkgeek. They have won the X-Prize of unnecessary iPad accessories with the iCade, a real-life iPad dock that doubles as an old school arcade. It works in conjunction with an iCade app that includes hundreds old standards like Donkey Kong, QBert and Dig Dug in addition to a Super Mario riff called Super Steve Bros, featuring Steve Jobs and Segway-riding Steve Wozniak as the eponymous heroes. Yours for the low low price of $149. *Update Turns out the iCade was an April Fool’s joke (just like Thinkgeek’s infamous canned Unicorn Meat). Thanks to the astute reader who actually hit the buy button for letting us know we got punked. Heads will roll!
One of our endeavors here at the Jailbreak is to bring the best of the designer toy movement to our audience (or vice versa). Unbeknowst to many, there is a huge and tremendously popular scene out there centered around art toys (aka: designer toys or Urban Vinyl). At our days jobs with the Jailbreak Collective, we dabble in this scene though we’re not really a full-fledged part of it. We do, however, strongly stand behind the idea of the “product” as one of the most meaningful and vital pop-art mediums of the moment. So, for the uninitiated, meet Bearbrick by Medicom. It’s one of the two granddaddies of the whole designer toy genre. (The other being Dunny, who we covered just a few days ago.) These toys, which are used as platforms to design on, have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of variants, ranging from standard pop culture icons, like Darth Vader and Spiderman, to totally obscure characters created by random artists. The pic above is just the latest and greatest from Bearbrick – a cross-pollination with Uglydoll. It’s safe to say that Uglydoll has become a designer toy icon in its own right, by the way. So this is a pretty nice little mashup. We’ll be trying to keep our readers current on new editions of these figures as they arrive because, well, they’re cool and you should know about them. [via plastic and plush]
[via Geeks are Sexy]
We’ve just spent an entire week couped up in NYC’s Javits Center for the NY Gift Fair and, in a sea of mediocrity this was the one true standout item. The idea is pretty much what it looks like. Think scratch off lotto ticket meets world map. Every time you go to a new country, you get to scratch it off on your wall when you return. Back in the day, this used to be done with push pins of course, but this is a far more elegant solution, and an unusually pretty map to boot. It’s made by Luckies, a UK outfit who, as far as we know, are brand new to the American market and we haven’t yet spotted a place where you can pick one up in the US. If that’s the case, don’t be surprised if it turns up on our sister site, jailbreakcollective.com, real soon. In fact, we’re gonna walk on over and ask them about it right now.
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