ART & DESIGN

PHOTO ESSAY

Vinyl Fantasy

A showcase of designer toys

By Pedro Mendes | Photographs by Steve Carty

May 11, 2005

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DIY Qees by Gary Basemen and Tim Biskup, USA (2004).

Qees, by Japan’s Toy2r, takes the idea of do-it-yourself toy one step further. In addition to getting a group of international artists to repaint its assortment of bears, cats, dogs and monkeys, the company has introduced a series of blank toys for collectors to colour. Buyers can even send in their personally designed toy art to Toy2r for inclusion in an international touring show of homemade Qees.

(All pictured toys courtesy of Magic Pony.)

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