ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

STRANGEco and Monster Factory at New York Gift Fair

In case you haven’t yet had your fill of conventions: Twice a year, an “astounding array of the world’s best home, gift and lifestyle resources converge at the NYIGF… offering an incredible selection of exceptional merchandise in one convenient, well-organized marketplace.” Of particular interest to toy fans is the attendance of San Francisco’s STRANGEco (Booth [...]

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StrangeCo Meets MoMa in Somewhere City

East meets west in this continued collab between New York’s Museum of Modern Art and San Francisco’s StrangeCo. Quoting from StrangeCo’s website, Somewhere City’s designer is Croatian-born, Goran Lelas: an accomplished designer whose career spans fashion, illustration, children’s literature, product and costume design. Beginning in the Italian fashion industry, Lelas has developed a signature aesthetic [...]

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