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5 toys, 1 set of snap-off pieces : plastic, color ; 11 x 7 x 4 cm + 1 case (15 x 47 x 4 cm) + 1 sheet (15 unnumbered panels : color illustrations ; 13 x 98 cm, folded to 13 x 7 cm), Five character figures created by five fashion designers. A second set of characters, the red/black set, created by five different fashion designers, issued as an alternative Visionaire 44. Title from accompanying sheet, which includes pictures of both red and black sets of characters. "Editor-in-chief Stephen Gan; editors Cecila Dean, James Kaliardos; creative direction/toy design Greg Foley ... Special thanks to Kidrobot"--Accompanying sheet Includes red/black plastic accessories that the figures can hold; a camera, a cell phone, a flower, and a martini glass in a red/black snap-out frame. In red/black plastic case with top of transparent plastic. "With the set of limited-edition designer Kidrobot toys that comprised issue 44, Visionaire just wanted to have fun. But it (inadvertently?) set off a worldwide craze for the ten delightfully witty humanoid characters created by designers like Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, and Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton. Complete with mini accessories like cell phones, cameras, and martini glasses, this army of toys was part of one of the most highly sought-after Visionaire issues ever--grown adults behaved a lot like children in attempts to get their hands on a copy. For Kidrobot founder Paul Budnitz, the series defined a moment for his toy label, expanding beyond its strictly street fan base. "We were really just kind of emerging," Budnitz remembers. "We were focused on working with graffiti artists and street artists, and Visionaire was a way for us to connect with designers, which was really fun." While most of the issue's toys wear innocent smiles, Budnitz saw a vaguely sexual element in their slightly phallic shape, which was designed by Visionaire's Greg Foley. But he concedes, "at the same time, they were very sweet and modern and sophisticated"" --Publisher's description Library has copy no. 61. Gift of Gregory E. Foley, RISD Alumnus, AP 1991.
ISBN
Visionaire44_Toys.pdf
Publication Date
2004
Imprint / Year
New York, NY : Visionaire Publishing LLC, [2004]
Measurements
11 x 7 x 4 cm + 1 case (15 x 47 x 4 cm) + 1 sheet (15 unnumbered panels : color illustrations ; 13 x 98 cm, folded to 13 x 7 cm)
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1803945~S4; https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1803946~S4
Publisher
Visionaire Publishing
City
New York
Keywords
color printing; illustration (process); graphic design; packaging; leaflets; injection molding; plastic (organic material); periodicals; collaboration; portraits; fashion (concept); illustrations (layout features); character toys; character dolls; runners
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Recommended Citation
Gan, Stephen; Dean, Cecilia; Kaliardos, James; Foley, Greg; and Lagerfield, Karl, "Visionaire 44: Toys, Red Set and Black Set" (2004). Visionaire. 48.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_periodicals_visionaire/48