Series 5 of the ever so popular Speakerdog Papertoys has been released to the world recently. It is the largest collection of Speakerdogs to date, boasting an impressive array of 48 illustrators/designers, with 50 designs this time round. After the first 4 series, designers have seen the potential to modify the existing template further, creating more innovative and fantastical creatures of paper architecture.

If you are not already familiar with these lovely little D.I.Y. homemade, desktop buddies, let us give you a brief introduction. Designers and illustrators the world around have been asked to customise their own Speakerdog, initially just covering the basic net with their beautiful artwork, but this has progressed further customising the actual nets as well.

As we couldn’t possibly include all 50 Papertoy designs, here are just some of the Thunder Chunky favourites:

Work shown by Stephen Chan, Jake Vantiger, Eyeformation and Phil Toys

You can own all of these designs (including ones from series 1 to 4) by downloading the PDFs from the Speakerdog website. You can then print off the A4 net, sharpen your scalpels, cut them out, glue them together, and Hey Presto! You have a piece of artwork sitting beautifully on your desk for the price of 2 sheets of A4 and a little ink. Go build your Speakerdog army now. Mind those fingers people!

There is more exciting news for the inhabitants of Tokyo, Japan, during March 17 - 23, with a Speakerdog Papertoys; The Greatest Hits! exhibition, (the best from series 1 - 5) hosted at Cafe Pause. If you’re in the area, be sure to check them out, over a nice hot cup of coffee (and feel free to send us any pics).

For more info go to the Speakerdog website. And in case you didn’t notice, TC’s very own Stephen Chan contributed to the Series 5 collection.

Series 5 contributors: Adam Bing, Anca Sangadji / Malona Huai, Ben the Illustrator, Carlydraws, Char Art, Chris Martin, Ciah Ciah, Claudio Limon, Dave Alexander from Fivegalloncan, Dave Beazley, Dendoo, Diego Moises Montes aka Zinkete, Django, Doktor A, Dubon, +EF+ of Eyeformation, Emory Allen, Filius, Fubear, Gabriel ‘Galvo’ Bautista Jnr, Gabrielle Nowicki, Garry Milne, Hellofreaks, Jake Vantiger, James Marr, Jared J3Concepts, Jennifer Grimyser, Jinjerup, Junkyard Sam, Martin Bochicchio, Matthew ‘Thewl’ Laznicka, Mauro Gatti, Neemau, NiceBunny, Peter Dragontail, Phil Toys, Sam Wilkin, Simon Wild, Sneaky Raccoon, Stephen Chan, Tadan, Tim Robot, Travis Price, Triclops Studio Limited, Udo, VectorBrigade, Victor Melendez and ZUU!

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MTV Fauna are a collection of creatures which appear on MTV in Canada as part of the network’s unique branding. They were created by internationally-acclaimed illustrator Nathan Jurevicius, the man behind the Scarygirl empire, and they’ve recently been transformed into a limited edition set of vinyl figures. They can be bought online and at a handful of exclusive stores. More info can be found at mtv.ca/fauna. We thought we’d track down Nathan and find out a bit more about the project.

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Way back in January of this year, we here at Thunder Chunky decided that it was about time we ventured into the realm of print. After much throwing-around of ideas and a lot of umming and ahhing, we finally decided that our first project should be nice and simple. Our plan was to produce a set of prints which was evocative of what TC is all about… showcasing great artists, and getting an insight into how they think.

So we got six great illustrators and designers on board (shown below) and asked them to produce a piece of artwork featuring the words “Thunder Chunky” and also to document the process involved in creating the work to go on the back of their print.

TC Print Project Vol.1 contributors

From that point it has taken us a while to get here, but we’re finally in a position to unleash them on the world. They’re a limited edition of 250, and we’ll never be doing a re-run, so get them while they’re hot. They’re printed full-colour double-side on 350gsm card, with a semi-gloss finish to them and they come in their very own screen-printed plastic sleeve.

Thanks to all the artists for contributing to the project and thanks to everyone who chipped in and helped out with their print expertise. Hopefully this will be the first of many TC products, so go and buy them in our nice new SHOP!

Be sure to check out more of the work of the contributors to this project: Ben The Illustrator, Jon Burgerman, Kev Speck, Jeremyville, The Boy Fitz Hammond and McFaul.

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After the success of the 2006 xmas project, how could be resist bringing it back for 2007? This time we’re keeping up with the cool kids and have asked all the participants to create their xmas images in a format suitable for the brand-spanking-new iPhones. Each day we’ll be releasing a new image which you can use as a wallpaper on your phone (that’s all phones, not just iPhones) or you can simply come to the site each day to admire the great artwork.

There’s a dedicated site to the project HERE and there’s also a mobile version of the site.

We can even send you email every day to tell you about each new image, just sign up for our email updates.

Merry (early) xmas to you all!

PARTICIPANTS: Christian Lindemann, Andy Smith, Kev Speck, McFaul, Keaton Henson, Ingi Erlingsson, Sam Gilbey, Jeremyville, Yupyland, Ben Schlitter, Jon Burgerman, Christian Zebitz, Luke Feldman, John Allison, Pascal Campion, Stephen Chan, Peskimo, Matt Johnstone, Ben The Illustrator, The Boy Fitz Hammond, Graphic Airlines, Brett Wilkinson.

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A few months back, MTV held an event in Milan where some of the world’s top artists were asked to customise hand-made resin MTV characters. Jeremyville, Rinzen, Furi Furi, Tado, tokidoki, Mauro Gatti, Yo Clas, Andy and BUGO all contributed. We managed to catch up with some of them for some extra info.

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