Saturday, 11 June 2011

Give Me Three #26

Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, 1969
Plastique gonflable, h. 37cm
Collection Fatra
© Photo : Studio Toast

Marin, 1963
Plastique gonflable, h. 52cm
Collection privée
© Photo : Studio Toast

Eléphant, 1975
Plastique gonflable, 54x78cm
Collection Fatra
© Photo : Studio Toast

If you're in Paris this Summer and beyond, you might want to pay a visit to the Toy Gallery at the Musée d'Arts Décoratifs where a new exhibition 'Playful Plastic',  a retrospective of the work of the Czech designer Libuše Niklová (1934–1981), will be on show until 6 November.  The website's in French, but you can have a look at the slideshow for a quick visual overview of the toymaker's work and perhaps order the bilingual Czech/English catalogue.

 A happy find, via Milk Magazine


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10 comments:

  1. dasac11 June 2011 at 21:22

    J´aime beaucoup le travail de Libuše Niklová! J´avais ses jouets quand j´était petite..

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  2. JUNKER JANE11 June 2011 at 21:25

    FUN!

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  3. KLT11 June 2011 at 21:49

    Oh will you go see that for me Deb!? It looks fantastic... :) Hope you are having a great weekend.

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  4. Hazel Terry11 June 2011 at 22:50

    I have just seen so much inflatable fashion pieces and then you post these. The world is a strange beach ball!

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  5. Kelly Rae12 June 2011 at 00:07

    that elephant is amazing!

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  6. Anonymous12 June 2011 at 03:59

    Oh my goodness. This is going to become a new obsession, I know it.

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  7. Anja Brunt12 June 2011 at 10:54

    Fantastic!

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  8. vintage for kids12 June 2011 at 12:30

    J'ai bien noté !! Bel article en effet. Bon week-end à toi.

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  9. Emily Forgot13 June 2011 at 11:35

    AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! : )

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  10. MondaysMilk14 June 2011 at 07:34

    I just saw them in Milk magazine! Great indeed! Somehow I remember the float... Could it be I had one around 1975? Gonna ask my mom!

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