Why collecting toys?

That’s a good question. Why collecting something? Apparently a simple question, but any arguments are… highly questionable as well. I started looking at toys (without touching them!) in the early 2006, when i was in Paris. The pop art was gaining in popularity and these small pieces of vinyl were cute, rare, expensive and not [...]

Coarse

I love toys and I love them coarse! For long, Mark Landwehr, the German artist, provided neat designs of rabbits (code named Paw) and surfers/skaters (Flake and his little brother Noop). The results are clean and sharp. Paws appear powerful and aggressive, Noop peaceful and disturbing with its Shark hat (Jaws version). These high end [...]

Guilin & Yangshuo

Guilin was our last stop in China. We landed quite late there (after 6pm) so we did not plan anything except preparing the next 2 days in the area. Stopped by the tourism office of the airport, we could book everything at a really reasonable discounted price! The full boat trip on the Li-River (4h) [...]

Hobnox Audiotool

Audiotool is a little but quite complete studio with great design in flash. Just plug & play!

Ouch my toes!

Every culture has its rule. The Japanese love to apologize and bend, the Frenchies will feel sorry and let you know if they have time to and the Britishers will invite you for a beer. In some uncivilized territories, the word “sorry” does not exist. Even the concept of saying something close to is as [...]