Hand-drawn and in 2-D
(1) GASP! (1a) Disney bringing back Mickey Mouse in 2-D shorts (CBS News) (2) A Celebration of Days Gone By (WSJ) (3) 3 Juicy Leadership Lessons From…Boardgames? (Forbes) (4) Toys Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Toys
Weekend 244.0
(1) Writing in Darkness and Light (WSJ) “In his reply, he introduces her to epiphanies—”instances of intense revelation (through love or a glimpse of transcendental beauty in the natural world) Continue Reading →
Weekend 232.1
I took Burgoyne to see “Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000” at the MoMA this weekend. This was an incredible exhibition and included works by Peter Ellenshaw and Continue Reading →
Weekend 213.3 (bits and bobs)
(1) “What other commute can compete with the sights of the limestone Landwasser Viaduct and the Piz Bernina peak?” – MONOCLE, February 2012 (2) Kibun is NO Toast but he’s Continue Reading →
Weekend 209.1 (Tires/Tyres)
Yeah. I’ve added a category for tires/tyres because of my obsession with vulcanized rubber. Photographs of tires/tyres for me are like hi-res food shots to foodies. I watched Tokyo Story Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving 2011
(1) Playmofan (2) The Original Disneyland Hotel (2a) Disneyland Hotel interior lobby area (3) Christmas and winter photoshop styles (4) “We are writing a primer on planning for the same Continue Reading →
Weekend 200.1
Found a pamphlet from the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair at the Housatonic Model Railroad Club / Fairfield Historical Society train show this morning. From the pamphlet Retracing The Growth of Continue Reading →
Weekend 188.0
(1) Magnetic Color Cubes® by The Orb Factory (2) Festival of colors (Design You Trust) (3) Birth by Sleep (KH 358/2) (3a) Disney Epic Mickey Digicomics (4) Television: Pan Am Continue Reading →
Weekend 168.1
(1) Model Train Collector’s One Track Mind (2) Now Arriving: A Giant Toy-Train Offering The Greenes want the collection to go to a single buyer who will leave it intact. Continue Reading →
Weekend 167.0
(1) An exceptional PLAYMOBIL display at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, WA. Arranging PLAYMOBIL tyres in a pile makes me a bit giddy. Daran habe ich gar nicht gedacht. Continue Reading →