5 Oct
Sexually charged, violently destructive... a demon to be feared...

One of our past feature artists Tara McPherson (who we interviewed here) teams up with Kidrobot for one of their highly exclusive Black edition figures. The 8″ vinyl mold is based on one of McPherson’s characters named Lilitu — a Mesopotamian demon in the class of Succubus, aka the female demon that sucks a man’s […]


22 Aug
High-tech materials & design used in two latest models

Kidrobot founder Paul Budnitz continues his creative interests in design with his latest line of bicycles. Having studied photography and film at Yale, and founding a brand that has grown to become an epicenter of artist-created designer toys and imports from across the world, it’s unsurprising Budnitz latest effort would excel aesthetically. The avid cyclist […]


17 Aug
Huck Gee brings the Samurai to life, one blind box at a time

Artist Huck Gee, a native of the UK but currently based in San Francisco, is well known for the work he does with Asian pop art. His work has been released through Kidrobot numerous times in the past, and his latest creation is sure to be a hot ticket for collectors of limited edition toys. […]


27 Jul
DFA's resident scat-bot drops a mix to honor Andrew Weatherall

SE Minimix 011 – Shit Robot by Synth Eastwood on Mixcloud Today’s mix comes courtesy of one of our favorite DFA artists, Shit Robot (aka Marcus Lambkin) — remember his “Losing My Patience” video?. Mr. Shit Robot’s put together this little minimix for Irish art, music & technology collective Synth Eastwood, and so decided to […]


21 Apr
DFA's master scatologist gets down with Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor

DFA’s mechanical master of scatology gets down with Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor for “Losing My Patience” — the latest video from his full-length debut From The Cradle To The Rave. I guess now that LCD Soundsystem’s sailed off into the great white static screen in the sky, someone’s gotta keep the synthy dance punk love […]


In this 176 page book, Tokyo-based authors Ivan Vartanian and Kyoko Wada take a holistic view of Japanese art throughout its 5 millenniums of history and analyze common threads found throughout. See/Saw finds ways to unite such chronologically disparate themes as Giant Robots and ancient Samurai illustrations, or uniting Murakimi’s Superflat school of art with […]


I don’t know if you’ve been updated on LEGO minifigures, arguably the best LEGO development since the LEGO Crossbow Pistol. They consist of different series of figures, much like the other collectible vinyl toys found through Kidrobot, The Loyal Subjects, Coarse and now even Disney. Each character comes with his or her own story and […]


A graffiti artist who has taken on a serious challenge for herself, Mad C has just completed her momentous 700 Wall. A member of the Bandits crew, who’ve dedicated themselves to creating graffiti art across as many nations as possible, Mad C is a street artist whose passions lies in writing and painting. The 700 […]