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April 2012
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke

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978-3-942245-05-0

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THE LONG SOUGHT AFTER ORIGINAL IS BACK:

After the best-selling Character Encyclopaedia from 2006, Pictoplasma finally presents a brand new compilation with the latest works by the international protagonists and new talents in the field of character creation.

From illustration and graphic design to fine and urban arts, toys and costumes, this special limited run, lovingly held together by character embossed leather, is the unique sourcebook for anyone creative and seeking inspiration.

Not A Toy

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July 2011
ATOPOS cvc / Vassilis Zidianakis
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23 x 33,6 cm / 9 x 13 in
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978-3-942245-02-9

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FASHIONING RADICAL CHARACTERS

Pictoplasma presents Not A Toy – the first book on the growing influence of Character design in fashion and art. Over the last decade, they have playfully sampled and remixed their way through visual codes and media, confronting the viewer head-on, regardless of cultural background. Now, this aesthetic strategy has a strong influence on contemporary fashion design. International artists create playful dresses, avant-garde costumes and hairstyles, re inventing the human body and sending their radical, new Characters onto the catwalk and beyond.

The Tale Of How

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The Blackheart Gang
Pictoplasma Publishing, Berlin

April 2011
The Blackheart Gang
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DVD 4:30 min

978-3-942245-04-3

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THE BLACKHEART GANG - BOOK & DVD

The hearts of the Blackheart Gang are, as the name suggests, dark. The south African collective extraordinaire present a bitter dark fantasy: The Tale of How features luscious poems and darkly surreal illustrations of an apocalyptic island in the Indian Ocean, where a group of seagulls perform their cynical opera. The book comes with a DVD featuring the original animation, nine months of part time work in the making…

PicTarot - App

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December 2010
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
Delicioustoys.de

78 fully characterized cards
4 devine card-laying techniques
full retina display crispness
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VISIT PICTAROT MINI-SITE | GO TO APPSTORE

LOAD CHARACTERS ONTO YOUR iDEVICE!

The PicTarot is now available as a funky App for iPhone, iPad and iPod on iTunes. The digital version presents all 78 cards of the deck graced by today’s most outstanding character eye candy. The App is conceived for in-deepth divination, no joke, which results in even higher variation and astonishing accurate predictions.
Four sacred reading patterns are available, users pick the cards by gently touching the screen while the spiritual meaning of each card is accessible at any time. It doesn’t get more iSpiritual than that!

CHARACTERS IN MOTION - Vol.1-3 DVD Collection

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April 2005 - 2010
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
3 Books, lots of pages

Stereo, All zones, 4/3 DVD 9,
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LOOK 1 | LOOK 2 | LOOK 3

10 HOURS TO MAKE YOUR BRAIN MELT

Fire up your home entertainment system and follow us on a 10+ hour ride through the character populated worlds of over 120 forwardlooking, stylistically outstanding studios, animators and designers.
The complete Characters in Motion DVD 1 to 3 compilation sends you through an exploration of freshly hatched characters that live in our brave new mixed-up post digital world. Warning: Enough to make even the toughest brain melt!

This must be the ultimate ride: Lean back, enjoy, and let the eye-candy take you on an unforgettable journey!

HER IDEA

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Victionary, Hong Kong
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December 2010
Rilla Alexander
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978-9881732804

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DO YOU LOVE THINKING UP NEW IDEAS?

Do you jump from one to the next?
Would you rather start tomorrow?

Rilla Alexander, who brought us Rinzen’s felt-covered toy remix book Neighbourhood in 2007, presents a new project exploring the creative process – and that age old problem of procrastination.

Join our protagonist Sozi as she experiences the elation, struggle and triumph of making ideas happen.

Ultimately, Her Idea is a tale about getting to THE END.

PicTarot

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November 2010
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
78 cards + 36 pages booklet

7 x 12 cm / 2,8 x 4,7 Inches
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978-3-942245-01-2

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REVEAL YOUR INNER CHARACTER!

PicTarot is our spin on all things mystical. Iconic creatures from the stars of contemporary character design reveal their secret powers and tell your fortune. Following the logic of Aleister Crowley’s Tarot, the 22 cards of the Major Arcana are the visual guide for an intimate conversation, reveal your destiny, help make a decision or answer any question concerning your relationship. You can also put the Major Arcana aside and use the regular, lovingly re-designed 56 playing cards for your favorite game of poker. Bur be warned – the cards’ magical powers cannot be tamed!

LITTLE AARON, ME AND MY FRIENDS

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October 2010
Aaron Stewart
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978-3-942245-00-5

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ME AND MY FRIENDS!

Designer and animation director Aaron Stewart grew up in Wichita, Kansas in the 1970s. During a recent visit back home he re-discovered the old, hidden picture albums of his childhood.

Their quirky Kodacolor aura and homey settings inspired him to populate his past anew, with the friendly critters he had always wanted to be surrounded by. The past is reanimated in backward projections of childhood fantasies and imaginary friends.

GANGPOL & MIT – FAITS DIVERS - Book and DVD

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January 2010
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
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978-3-98104-588-8

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GANGPOL + MIT - FAITS DIVERS

Now Gangpol & Mit’s unparalleled symbiosis of sonic and visuals can be enjoyed on your very own home entertainment system! Melodies crush and rebuild in various styles, mixing sources dug out deep from a huge digital sandbox. Behind the technicolor frenzy and DIY entertainment, an absurd and uncanny dimension unfolds: hit-and-run canine casualties, technological voodoo apocalypse and terrorist confetti exploding everywhere.
The geometrical bestiary is being hunted around the globe and a feast of techno-cannibalism is celebrated on the “Island of da Motherboard Slaughter.”

PEN TO PAPER

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April 2010
Lars Denicke, Peter Thaler
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978-3-981-04586-4

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RADICAL CHARACTERS, ANALOG MEANS

Pen to Paper presents a fine selection of the most adventurous images from a global scene of artists, working mainly with a pen or analogue techniques such as water color, ink or collage. This recent revival has injected immeasurable visual wealth into the world of illustration, fine art and especially character design. Artists reject the computer and channel their creativity through spontaneous freehand drawing to create untamed, edgy and exceptional beings. With works by Allison Schulnik, Shoboshobo, Allyson Mellberg Taylor, John Casey, Luke Ramsey, Eric Shaw, Joey Haley, Kerozen and many more…

CHARACTERS IN MOTION - Vol.3 / Book + DVD

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April 2010
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
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180 minutes, NTSC
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full colour, hardcover

978-3-981-04589-5

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through the character populated worlds of over 40 forwardlooking, stylistically outstanding studios, animators and designers. The successful series is back, exploring freshly hatched characters that live in our brave new mixed-up post digital world.

With work by Fluorescent Hill, David OReilly, W+K Tokyo Lab, Saiman Chow, McBess, SoandSau, Marc Craste, Nagi Noda, Satoru Ohno, Yves Geylen, Takafumi Tsuchiya, Asterokid, Anima Boutique, Studio AKA, Squeak E. Clean, Ian Stevenson, Kristofer Ström, Gangpol & Mit and many more…

PREPARE FOR PICTOPIA

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Haus der Kulturen der Welt
April 2009
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
Bernd Scherer
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18,4 x 22,3 cm / 7.24 x 8.78 in
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978-3-98104-587-1

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THEORY OF CHARACTERISM

This 328 page and colorful publication on the occasion of the Pictopia exhibition at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in 2009 is the first to assemble texts and works by international artists, designers and theorists, all investigating the aesthetic principle of reduction and abstraction in the design of anthropomorphic characters. Including work by Mark Ryden, AJ Fosik, Ben Frost, Borris Hoppek, Edwina Ashton, FriendsWithYou, Gary Baseman, Hideaki Kawashima, James Marshall, Jeremy Dower, Motomichi Nakamura, Nagi Noda, Olaf Breuning, Sam Gibbons and many more…

The Essence of Rabbit

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Alexander Fuchs
WIYUMi visual communication

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THE LEGENDARY BUNNY MANDALA POSTER

Too much bunnies? There’s no such thing! And just to prove it Pictoplasma asked internationally established and upcoming character designers, illustrators and artists around the globe to send in their versions of rabbits, bunnies, hares and everything in between. The result is a full-scale bunny overdose, with far more than 1.500 individual rabbits from 500+ international contributers. By condensing the endless variations of the motif into one ultimate system the true nature of the beast emerges: the eternal essence of rabbit.

CHARACTERS IN MOTION - Vol.2 / Book + DVD

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December 2007
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
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200 minutes, NTSC
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3-9810458-4-X
3-9810458-5-8

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AN AUDIO VISUAL TRIP WORTH REMEMBERING

Pictoplasma’s second volume of the Characters in Motion series documents the latest developments of this revolution in a DVD and book set, which showcases over 50 forward-looking, stylistically outstanding studios, animators and designers in three hours of programming.
Including more than 60 character-driven animations by Jun seo Hahm, Ben Hibon, Tim Hope, Hornet Inc., Kangaroo Alliance, Guilherme Marcondes, Carolina Melis, Mixtape Club, Model Robot, Grant Orchard, Panda Panther, Passion Pictures, Santa Maria and more…

THE CHARACTER ENCYCLOPAEDIA

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November 2006
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke

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3-9810458-3-1

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ONLY A FEW COPIES LEFT!

The long out-of-print Character Encyclopaedia has meanwhile turned into a rarity and desirable collectors item. We stumbled over a time-capsule containing a very small amount of originally wrapped copies!
In 2006 Pictoplasma delivered an in-depth exploration of the latest tendencies in current character design, spanning from drawing, design and painting to its use in installations and sculpture. This is not only the world’s first Encyclopaedia of figurative design - by cataloguing the characters as independent life-forms of their own right, the compilation enables to examine similarities and permutations of globally recurring motifs and styles.

CHARACTERS IN MOTION - Vol.1 / Book + DVD

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2005
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
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180 minutes
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3-9810458-0-7
3-9810458-2-3

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BRAVE NEW ANIMATED WORLD

The Characters in Motion DVD is a compilation of over 90 films by 60 international studios, artists and designers, divided into 3 programmes: characters in narration, characters in rhythm and characters in motion. The special selection menu additionally allows you to sort the 180+ minutes of animation by creator, character or style. This means you can browse the content according to criteria such as “all bunnies” or “all 3D”. Of course you can also navigate directly to each individual artist/studio where, in many cases, you’ll find additional animations and bonus tracks…
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COLOUR ME, PICTOPLASMA!

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February 2006
Peter Thaler, Lars Denicke
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3-9810458-1-5

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COLOUR ME, PICTOPLASMA

Now the limited edition Pictoplasma Character Colouring and Activity Book allows you to join forces with the international masters of cute and cool character aesthetics:
64 pages of illustration outlines hungry for colour, virginal join-the-dots mysteries and tons of spot-the-difference games, character puzzles and labyrinths, printed on rough ‘n’ tough colouring paper in a high-gloss dust cover, with a surprise sticker and other mouth-watering goodies.

PICTOPLASMA 2

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November 2003
Pictoplasma, Robert Klanten

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3-89955-021-8

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PICTOPLASMA RELOADED!

Avoiding the lure of creating a straightforward sequel or the simple repetition of the winning formula, pictoplasma has once again distilled a fine selection of first-rate works from over 9,000 entries. While the traditional role of these loveable icons as commercial branding tools remains important, this volume delves even deeper into the world of contemporary character design, additionally focussing on their wider usage outside of the printed page. No matter if it’s sculptures, installations, graphical work, street art, urban vinyl toys, dolls or fine art, for pictoplasma its all about the power of reduced and abstract character visualization, and its usage as an global language.

PICTOPLASMA

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Gestalten Verlag, Berlin

November 2001
Pictoplasma, Robert Klanten

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3-9810458-3-1

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