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slobot’s Earl Grey and Sencha headed to Chicago

These two slobots, Sencha and Earl Grey are headed over to Rotofugi in Chicago as we speak to be part of the Toy Karma 2 show… nice line-up on this one, including some heavyweights in the Kaiju and art / toy arena, like Buff Monster, David and Sun Min of Ugly Dolls fame, Itokin Park, […]

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new slobots for sale in the etsy shop!

announcing the GRUNMICROS… “The GRUNMICRO series of Slobots were created in the late 1960’s as a German to English translation robot. The only problem is, they tend to be a bit mischievous, frequently giving intentionally improper translations, and spending in ordinate amounts of time updating their Facebook accounts with weird inside jokes. Nonetheless, they are […]

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slobot robotic philosophers?

Hey All! Just wanted to let everyone know that I have a show opening tonight (june 12, 2009) in Wilmington, NC at the Local Gallery at Fast Frame of Wilmington (http://fastframeofwilmington.com). The opening is from 5p-7:30pm and the show runs for a month. I have about a dozen slobots in the show, including these brand […]

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walter gropius, eric mendelsohn, a SELDON CRISIS and the BAUHAUS

“The Bauhaus believes the machine to be our modern medium of design and seeks to come to terms with it.” Masters of World Architecture: Walter Gropius i went to a library sale a few weeks ago, and have been poring through a modest pile of great vintage books. i got an incredible copy of the […]

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Inspiration: Shan Michael Evans

Shan Michael Evans (aka Squidnik’s) work is brightly colored and is amazing in its ability to be so ethereal and so techy at the same time.  Shan uses bright colors and interesting themes to portray happiness and sadness at the same time. I’ve picked some of our favorites here, but his body of work is […]