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posted by jeremy
August 31, 2010

Mail + Pillows = Awesome

Happy Letter Pillow

It’s often great when someone makes one product that combines multiple wonderful things. In this case, Mymimi melds getting mail with getting sleep. Following ten years of professional work in illustration and toy design, the Georgia-based artist is now focusing on her own line of handmade home decor and accessories. In an unusual reversal for me, I really dig her simplistic designs. She’s captured just enough to make, for instance, a Happy Floppy Disk pillow, without falling into the pitfalls of overdesign. My favorite, though, has got to be the adorable Happy Letter Pillow with all its perky details. Definitely one for display rather than sleeping though, unless you want to immortalize your drool ala the inside cover of David Choe’s new book

Happy Letter Pillow

posted by jeremy
July 23, 2010

Cats of the Toy Art Scene: A Fluff Piece

Frank Kozik and Eddie

Frank Kozik and Eddie in San Francisco

If you’re reading this story, you’re probably not at Comic-Con in San Diego. Since you’re missing out on toy overload, the least I could offer in my absence is a big batch of cute overload. I’ve been saving up this “fluff piece” for just the right occasion. Ever notice how a lot of artists have cats? I did. “You can use Stripes even though he doesn’t like you,” said Eric of 64Colors. “He doesn’t like anyone because… he’s a cat!” All cats are different though. Adds Stephen Donaldson of Tomopop, “Samkin loves figures of all types and sits and looks at them all day long.” Just like toys, cats come in all shapes and sizes. (Don’t tell Dodgrr’s Sam he weighs 30 pounds or Ernesto’s female cat Prince she’s named after the singer!) There are Persians, Bengals, tabbies and tuxedos among us, but Sergey Safonov gets the prize for his most unique Peterbald feline companion: “He’s the son of world and Europe breed champions, but he has a slight ‘defect’ so we bought him cheap.” Awesome!

Tofu lives with Sergey Safonov

Tofu lives with artist Sergey Safonov in Moscow.

Bailey and Mitch live with blogger/collector Jeremy

Bailey and Mitch live with blogger/collector Jeremy in the Bay Area.

Lunabee and Gwen

Artist Lunabee and Gwen in the UK

Mao lives with Andy Heng in Singapore

Mao lives with artist/blogger Andy Heng in Singapore.

Stripes lives with 64Colors

Stripes lives with artists 64Colors.

Ella lives with Jay222 in the Bay Area

Artist Jay222 and Ella in the Bay Area.

It keeps getting cuter.

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