Image Courtesy of Mattel
A highlight of my visit to London last month was a day spent at the Design Museum for Barbie: The Exhibition, a design-focused Barbie-completist wonderland that was absolutely mind-blowing. That’s where I saw these tiny pink chairs that I knew I must somehow own. Let’s find out more about how the chairs came to be!
Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Kartell Chairs for Barbie’s DreamHouse
Photo By Gail
George Townley is a London-based designer and illustrator with a passion for drawing stylized architechture, as well as reimagined movie and travel posters. This fantastic rendition of Barbie’s very pink Dream House was spotted in the booth for LA’s Spoke Art Gallery at the recent New York Comic Con. Fabulous.
All Photos By Gail
On Saturday March 9th, 2019, I was fortunate to attend the wildly-anticipated Barbie 60th Anniversary Pop-Up Experience; a one-day only celebration of Barbie’s life and legacy marking the occasion of her 60th Birthday, so to speak. The free event, which had non-ticket holders queuing up for a quarter mile along Broadway in SoHo, was set up like an interactive Barbie museum.
Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Barbie’s Pink Glitter Roaster!
Jesus God, I would so live in this place. This 3,500 square foot house in Malibu, California was designed by “Happy Chic” interior designer Jonathan Adler in March of 2009 for Barbie’s 50th Birthday and was never open to the public. At least we have photos, viewable via the above link, to see what a masterpiece of pink pop culture it truly was. *Sigh*
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