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Competition Winners
We had lots of great entries to the Idle Idol competition but have finally decided on the winning three. The winners should be receiving their prizes soon. Thanks to everyone who entered
Win a Signed Copy of the Book!
Idle Idol: The Japanese Mascot is officially out and to celebrate the occasion we’re offering the chance to win one of three signed copies of the book.
Now Available In All Good Bookshops
My first sighting of the Idle Idol book happened at the Tate Modern bookshop on the weekend. The book was proudly on display alongside Drainspotting by Remo Camerota. Idle Idol will also be available at all good bookshops, and if it’s not stocked I’m sure if you ask them nicely they can order it in for you.
Idol Eyes
Fun with the Idol Eyes badge set in the park. If you attempt this at home make sure you don’t poke your eye out with the pin, and If you take any photos of yourself with Idle Idol badges we’d love to see them, send us an email. You can buy the badge set at the whatshop.
Pecha Kucha – Tokyo
I presented at PechaKucha in Tokyo on the 26th of May. Was a great night, thanks to everyone who came and chatted to me, the free badges seemed to go down well.
You can watch it here.
Press Release
Greeting you with large moving claws from on top of buildings, outside shops with a fist raised to the sky and in restaurant windows staring unblinkingly, the Japanese mascot is almost unavoidable. Idle Idol: The Japanese Mascot collects these wonderful 3D characters found all over Japan. Discover antique advertising characters, modern mass-produced mascots and unique one-off designs.
Face off
Using the business cards I got a couple of weeks ago I photographed some friends holding them in front of their face.
Badges
We love badges and have been making them for years now. We needed no excuse to make two different sets to accompany the book. One set features random mascot faces and the other mascot eyes. I’m particularly pleased with the badge set name ‘Idol Eyes’.
Preview – First look at Idle Idol
I got a few cards and parcels for my birthday today but the best present was from MBP who’d sent me copies of the newly published Idle Idol. Here’s the first look at some of the pages. Its a great size and I’m really happy with the quality. The title on the front cover and spine is embossed and looks great.
Business cards
Its business time! We both have a set of Idle Idol business cards (made by moo). They’re so cool I’m almost hesitant to give them away.
Amazon
Idle Idol now on amazon to pre-order. Exciting and due out only two days after our birthday on May 10th. Plus its just gone down to £6.47, that’s cheap as chips!
Wired Magazine
Idle Idol gets it’s first mention in print in the excellent Wired Magazine, check it out on page 58. We’ve been put in a section called ‘cultural picks of the month’. Wired says the book is out April but the new date looks like May 10th.
We started an Idle Idol facebook group so you can keep up to date with when the books due out or anything else that might be interesting. Contribute your own mascots too.
Flickr
The Idle Idol Flickr group was set-up many years ago when we first came up with the idea. The group was initially called Plastic People but was changed to Idle Idol. Contribute your own mascots to the group.
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