Event Pics for Urban Paper @ Cafe Pause, Tokyo (Sept 7 launch)
PRESS: The Urban Paper show opening Sept. 7th at Café Pause in Ikebukuro is the latest stop of an international tour of paper toys first published in the book, Urban Paper. Tour stops have included Los Angles and Arnhem, the Netherlands and after Tokyo, the show will re-open in Rome. ~ CLICK THRU to read more and to peep event pics ~ courtesy of show-organizer Josh McKible (creator of Nani Bird!)
[60 x images of URBAN PAPER in Tokyo / CLICK for full-screen viewing]
PRESS: Paper toys have been around for almost as long as paper itself, but what's new is that paper toys have recently become a medium of choice for young designers. Because paper is cheap, light and recyclable it has become a populist alternative for artists who previously might have released their toys as collectible vinyl figures. Many of the Urban Paper designers make their toys freely available for download on the Web and anyone with access to a printer can easily make and enjoy their very own paper toy. Urban Paper is the first book that collects designs from 26 of these international artists, printed on heavy stock, along with an included DVD of extra materials, that also gives readers designs and ideas on how to make their own paper toys creations.At the Urban Paper show at Cafe Pause, new paper toys, designed exclusively for the Tokyo stop will be on display, along with posters, postcards and other material. Flat packs of the toys will be on sale, as well as some built models.
The show is being organized by Josh McKible, one of the artists in the book. Josh McKible is the Tokyo based illustrator MCKIBILLO and the creator of the popular NaniBird series of paper toys, which can be downloaded for free at his web site: www.nanibird.com
The list of artists showing work, and their websites (where many of these toys can be downloaded for free) is as follows:- Marshall Alexander @ www.marshallalexander.net
- Christopher Bonnette @ www.macula.tv/papercraft
- Matthew Hawkins @ www.custompapertoys.com
- Ben the Illustrator @ www.speakerdog.com
- Jack Hankins @ www.horrorwood.info
- LouLou @ www.loulouandtummie.com
- Nick Knite @ www.nickknite.com
- Josh McKible @ www.nanibird.com
- Maarten Janssens @ www.3eyedbear.com
- Dolly Oblong @ www.dollyoblong.blogspot.com
- Kenn Munk @ www.kennmunk.com
- Matthijs Kamstra @ www.matthijskamstra.nl/blog
- Jerom @ www.jerom-bd.blogspot.com
- Sjors Trimbach @ www.sjorstrimbach.com
- Ringo Krumbiegel @ www.alle440.blog.com
Source: MCKIBILLO-flick
