Viktor Schreckengost, an artist and prolific industrial designer whose ubiquitous works ranged from familiar toys and White House porcelain to innovative trucks and even lawn mowers, has died. He was 101. tags schreckengost industrial design artist designer murray toys jazz bowl*post link goes to his website, here is the obit picked by dollyllama 2 years ago |
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Interesting site full of amazing artsy toys. I can't get enough of these... Well actually I can, given the prices. But they're still pretty sweet. picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
Designer Toys are collectible work of art made in limited quantities, usually by designers or graphic artists. These incredibly cool designer toys featured in this article were made by some of the most popular manufacturers. picked by axxon2008 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
Probably the worst one in existence. 11 comments edit related share technologyAnd you can actually hire him! Warning: This site may inflict irreparable damage on your eyes. picked by suckersklub 2 years ago |
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch designer who combined mathematics, art and the impossible to striking effect. 1 comments edit related share artsHe wasn't shy about drawing a bird either. (see also Mersh's post of the official site from 10 months back) picked by pocksucket 2 years ago |
Claiborne died Tuesday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from cancer for a number of years. picked by punthe 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Heinz Edelmann, the graphic designer and illustrator for the Beatles 'Yellow Submarine,' died Tuesday, July 21, in Germany. Creating the world of Pepperland, Edelmann illustrated figures like the Blue Meanies, the villains of the film who pursue the Beatles through a morphing seascape. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
An award-winning fashion designer to the stars who is accused of sexually assaulting 18 young models in California has been charged with assaulting nine more women in New York, prosecutors said on Wednesday. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A new breed of industrial designer is confronting Third World poverty with innovative products aimed at encouraging rural entrepreneurs. picked by suebe 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
A British artist is to give away 1000 of his works by leaving them around London for anyone to find. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Check out 3d Desktop Toys on your desktop at YummyWorks. 0 comments edit related share plime.comThe world’s fastest desktop hotrod is here! With iRod you can drive it, explore it, score points, and change paint jobs (comes in orange, black and blue). And don’t forget-- the desktop has no legal speeding limit! picked by gio14 3 years ago |
Why have your child grow up with overly complicated, often violent, generic and mass produced toys. Instead keep it simple, fresh, and unique with finger puppets and toys you can make at home. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
Together with designer Kenneth Cole, Jon Bon Jovi will debut a limited line of coats during Fashion Week. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Dad builds toys for his daughter and now all the big kids want to play too. 3 comments edit related share plime.comArticle here picked by suebe 2 years ago |
A White House manual(pdf) that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of "deterring potential protestors" from President Bush's public appearances around the country. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share politics |
very useful picked by pjanaway 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
There are some designer handbags that are really luxurious looking, almost fooling you into believing they're worth the thousands of dollars on the price tag. But this Chanel bag really resembles a trash bag. picked by ybne1else 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
An artist has collected thousands of lost hub caps from roadsides across Britain and turned them into spectacular animal sculptures. Official website picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
Cartrain, a graffiti artist similar in style to Banksy has included images of one of Damien Hirst's artworks which sold for £50 million. Mr. Hirst is suing Cartrain, demanding Cartrain pay Hirst the £200 he has earned picked by bernardblack 12 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
The White House is encouraging Obama supporters to help them identify “disinformation.” The official White House blog now asks Americans: “If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.” picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago 28 comments edit related share plime.com |
When he told his design team that his figure-hugging outfits would be paraded down the runway by size 12 and 14 models, two of his people were apparently so angry they quit. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago 18 comments edit related share world |