Something I saw last week reminded me of a Kid Robot vinyl toy I fell in love with over Christmas and made myself forget about (too expensive). I went online to admire it, and it had dropped 50% in price! The next day I walked down the street to check it out, and she was in stock.
It is a vinyl toy of Playboy's Miss November 1978, Monique St. Pierre. She was designed by Paul Pope, who is a comic artist. His blog actually includes another sketch he drew of her from the issue's centerfold (more proceed-with-caution, but it's really good). Here is another thing he did that I love (partially because it reminds me of my friend, Gus):
What I really think is cool about this whole thing is the ability some people have to turn two-dimensional images into three-dimensional objects that don't look awkward from different angles. Here is the original cover, and another shot of the toy:
Aside from being beautiful, the packaging has lots of great details on it... one of the box sides has snapshot information about Monique (American Express "My Life, My Card" style) – presumably from her Miss November interview. In case anybody is curious, some of her less silly turn-ons include the smell of fresh ground coffee, the whitecaps on mountains, strawberry cheesecake and thunder. Nice. I shall buy a corner shelf for her next to my coffee machine.
I like how she's exchanged a bit of sex kitten for a dash of ninja in the 3D version.
ReplyDeleteYeah, definitely! I can totally see the comic artist influences there. Reminds me a little of the Kill Bill aesthetic...
ReplyDeleteshe is SO COOL! i love it.
ReplyDeletei love this! nice find.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how you feel about playboy in general though. Wait. I think I'm pretty sure how you feel. But feel free to discuss.
ReplyDeleteAbout Playboy? I don't have any strong feelings in either direction (positively or negatively). I have no specific issues with them, though. Why do you ask?
ReplyDeleteBecause on the one hand, playboy makes it money by exploiting women (granted, those women agree to be exploited), and it seems to me that appreciating women only for their sexy parts is something you wouldn't be all gung ho about. But then I remembered some of the things you've done - photoshoots & whatnot, and not that you were showing your sexy parts (aren't they ALL sexy?) but I dunno - it just dawned on me that you probably think about it in a different way.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty anti-playboy, although that bunny is so cute. But I love that girls-next-door show. It's like something I love to hate.
This is opening a whole new can of worms altogether... but yeah, they agree to do it, so I personally don't see the problem. I don't see the point in playing the martyr / victim if one is fully aware of the implications of whatever it is they're doing. To me, business is business and it's just one of the many ways to make money.
ReplyDeleteI guess what I'm saying is that I can't think of an example when I've used my personal morals to make sanctimonious judgments re: the choices other people make in their lives/jobs.
hey Johanna, this is Neil. Neil Lopez, I go to VCU, creative Ad undergrad right now. I fell upon your blog somehow as i googled something along the lines of Brandcenter -- Naked Communications. I think I also fell upon here while reading Heron Preston's blog or somethin. I've also met Katie Fitz (currently at the brandcenter) cause i found out she interned at Naked and we met up and chit chatted bout the experience amongst other things. She told me about you as well. Yeah newho, I just wanted to introduce myself and be known. I've grown to be pretty interestd in Naked and what they do and a possible future there, so i set out to contact some VCU alumni that work there. neways, take care and hope to actually meet you in the future.
ReplyDeletelove the doll and the pictures, i also really enjoy the kidrobot bag.
ReplyDeletethe second picture was my desktop background :)
That is so flattering! Thank you for the comment :]
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