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ART & DESIGN
PHOTO ESSAY
Vinyl Fantasy
A showcase of designer toys
By Pedro Mendes | Photographs by Steve Carty
May 11, 2005
Kidbomber 05, Kid Robot, USA (2005). |
Companies like Kid Robot (makers of
Kidbomber 05, pictured) have helped propel
designer toys into the mainstream — and not just with a series of stores.
They have also experimented with different collaborations to bend the definition of “toy”; they recently teamed with fashion designer Marc Jacobs to produce a figure to be exhibited and sold at Barney’s NYC.
