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Japanese Flower Fabrics by Karaku Tokyo @ Etsy.

I cannot think right now of anything more exquisite in terms of color and pattern than Japanese fabrics. They always seem so perfect ! In a sense they are the epitome of “A thing of beauty…”.

And I cannot thing of a more exquisite shop than Karaku Tokyo @ Etsy. All her fabrics are simply gorgeous and beautiful. They have amazingly nice colors, not to mention the patterns which are all superb.

Besides the flower patterns, you will of course find geometric ones like this one :

And she also has a lot of Japanese Papers. I absolutely love that yellow one !

I discovered her through her Flickr. She lives in Tokyo, Japan where she is an interior designer. Her company website Karaku Tokyo is about Japanese home decoration.

Black Polito by Rolito (Photos through Paradise Toy News)

So there was a party in Tokyo on August 28 to celebrate the birth of the Black Polito label - the “aperolito” - unveiling the first pictures of the Black Polito. For the moment there seems to be three versions of the toy but the official names have not yet been disclosed. So that beside a “shiny black” Black Polito, there’s also a “smokey clear” Black Polito as well as a “milky white” one.

What can I say ? It’s beautiful and I absolutely love the “black” and the “milky” versions.

Rolitoland
Black Polito

It is called BLACK POLITO and this is all we got to see of it for the moment !

But first I should tell you how happy I am to be able to write my very first post on this blog about Rolito because I truly think he is one of the greatest Toy Designers of our days. I love his work. It is subtle, poetic and there is infinite grace in his characters. I am not one of those collectors who need to have all the color versions of a toy, so I only have a couple of Rolitoboys, but my Rolitodream is standing right beside my computer as I am writing this post.

So of course, when I learned about this next project, even though we were told very little about the toy, I knew I had to have one. Especially since this will be a limited edition of 50. I then joined the list of the 25 happy people who were able to preorder the BLACK POLITO. There is already a great waiting list in case some people should ultimately decide not to get one, and if you know your maths, only 25 will be available upon release, so it will be really hard to get one !

But the great news is that BLACK POLITO is not only the name of a toy. It is under that name that subsequent projects by Rolito will be released.

Until now, Rolito’s toys were produced by Toy2r. I don’t know whether this collaboration will go on or not, but BLACK POLITO is Rolito’s first self produced toy in association with Vince, a well-known member of the Artoyz Forum. About 15 cm high, it is being made in Japan and is scheduled to be released this summer.

For more information : blackpolitoproject@gmail.com.

Also see on Flickr the Black Polito Stickers Gallery group as well as the we love rolito pool.