This very fun mixed media sculpture– which re-imagines Barbie‘s head and torso engulfed in a pink, donut-like soft puff, while she sports hot pink swim fins on her feet — is part of the Icons series by artist Nicolette Benard. Nicolette is a Netherlands-based visual artist and jewelry designer represented by Chiefs and Spirits Gallery — in whose booth at the Spring Affordable Art Fair we spotted this excellent work ($1250 each). Wouldn’t it be cool if Mattel decided to make a series of Art Barbies and hired Nicolette to design them based on her Icons series? I think so! See more Icons on her website, at This Link!
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Eye On Design: Mao Zedong Dress By Vivienne Tam
Vivienne Tam has often explored her Chinese heritage through fashion. Her spring 1995 collection, made with artist Zhang Hongtu, featured satirical images of Mao Zedong, formal chairman of the Communist Party of China.
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Beavis and Butthead Butt Munch Breakfast Cereal T Shirt!
If your wardrobe already includes This T Shirt featuring Beavis’s favorite cereal, you might as well give Butthead equal time. T shirt purists can get this very fun Butt Munch Cereal box design (by Punksthetic) as part of your warm weather gear for just $24.95 at This Link, but it’s also available on a variety of practical swag such as hoodies, messenger bags and masks, so check it out now!
Eye On Design: Christian Francis Roth, Crayon Dress
Humor: That quality in an expression of ideas which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous; a comic or amusing quality.
Christian Francis Roth brings both wit and flawless workmanship to his designs; as Roth himself noted, without quality the humor of his fashions would fall flat.
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Pink Thing Of The Day: Blob Fish Stress Toy
If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to see a photo of a Blob Fish online, then you know that this Blob Fish stress toy (from our friends at Gift Republic) bears an uncanny resemblance to the real thing.
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