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Lately news on Vinyl Pulse has taken on an international flair beyond the normal players. Israel,
Brazil, and now Korea. Good to see. Korean company Delitoys has just launched their OUIP DIY platform in Korea. The concept draws inspiration from a lightbulb for the head shape. OUIP will be available in a standard white as well as GID versions in an 8″ size to be followed with a 2.5″ version. While Delitoys has plans for Kinkirobot to distribute OUIP in Korea, the brand is still looking for distribution stateside.
Platforms are essential and yet rarely sexy or exciting. It’s the nature of the beast. The difficulty of creating an original yet fleixble platform looms large. In this case, the lightbulb concept reminds us of Rolito’s Black Polito to some extent. Then again, it’s not exactly an exotic shape. Few platforms have proved to have staying power. Perhaps OUIP’s move away from an anthormorphized animal will catch on. Click through for flat art of OUIP along with turnarounds.
Vinyl is global. Recently we featured the first vinyl store in Israel. Today we’re checking out Plastik — the only designer toy store + gallery in Brazil. Opened in ‘06, the store offers the latest vinyl in a stunning environment with atmosphere and personality to spare — clawfloot bathtubs as toy displays? Yes, please. They are also making waves in terms of promoting designer toys — their print campaign recently won a silver award at the CLIO 2008 awards.
It’s not all toys though… The Plastik gallery hosted Gary Baseman for a Munny art show in ‘07 and is currently showing the sweet stencil work of French artist Christian Guémy (C215). See more of his work on his Flickr. Click through for more pics. If you’re in São Paulo, you now have a new must-see on your to-do list. Even if you can’t make it to the store, they’ve got a nice bilingual blog — check it out.
Plastik
Rua Dr. Melo Alves
459 - Cerqueira César - CEP 01417-010
São Paulo - SP - Brasil
Tel.: 55 11 3081-2056
taken from vinylpulse
mytummytoys 2008
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