The designer toys in the world that you most want to play with! AKSOULMUCH brings you back to childhood and joy
Remember the pure joy of childhood?
AKSOULMUCH is not just a toy brand, it also wants to take you back to your childhood and find the simplest happiness through designs full of warmth and humor!
AKSOULMUCH was co-founded by artist Aalis Shen and designer Kenneth Yu. We incorporate "rich and sincere emotions" into the brand spirit.
Aalis is good at capturing the happy moments in life and incorporating these feelings into his works; Kenneth is responsible for turning imaginative ideas into reality, injecting humor and vitality into the brand.
AKSOULMUCH hopes to awaken the innocence in everyone's heart and remind everyone to keep a childlike heart even when they grow up and feel the beauty of life.
PUTTO Bambino × PoyunWang: A creative collision from a parent's perspective
I created the character of Bambino because of my children. Such resonance also occurs in artist Poyun Wang. He said: "I started creating because of my children!"
As a father of two children, PoyunWang deeply understands the cuteness and hatefulness of children's innocence and mischief, which made us hit it off and started this interesting joint creation journey. We decided to revisit the classics and pay tribute to the Renaissance master Raphael. We used "Sistine Madonna" as inspiration to reinterpret the two adorable little angels.
In art history, cherubs in paintings are called Putto (plural: Putti ). Putto is an artistic image that often appears in Renaissance and Baroque art. It refers to a child with chubby, innocent face, often with small wings, symbolizing innocence, purity and love. In religious paintings, Putti are often used to convey a sacred atmosphere, while in secular art, they are sometimes associated with Cupid, the god of love, to represent love and affection.
It is said that when Raphael was painting "The Sistine Madonna", children from the neighborhood often came to watch, so he painted the children's innocent expressions into the painting. Our BAMBINO, from the perspective of modern parents, recreates the truest nature of children: naughty, cute, and with a little mischievous spirit.
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Image: Bambino by AKSOULMUCH
Image: Sistine Madonna
Picture: Little angel below the Sistine Madonna
Let’s build your baby’s “baby fat” together
The entire collaboration process was filled with laughter and resonance. We all agreed that the most attractive thing about Bambino is her round cheeks, plump figure and the fleshy little hands. As experienced parents, we are well aware of the importance of these details - it is not only about appearance, but also the most representative and cute nature of children! In order to perfectly present the baby's " baby fat ", we spent a lot of time carving it to make every detail delicate and perfect.
Bambino's eyes are sparkling , and those blue eyes seem to carry hope. There is a little mischief in the innocence, which makes people fall in love with him instantly.
Tattoos, a treasure of childhood
Interestingly, the three-year-old PUTTO Bambino does not have the angel wings depicted by Raphael, but instead has a pair of small devil horns and is covered in American-style tattoos. Each tattoo pattern is full of stories: the child’s favorite car, the chipmunk and toys that accompanied the child’s growth, the cat basking in the sun in the yard every day, and the broken glasses of mom and dad... These patterns do not depict rebellion, but the purest treasures of childhood, those happy times, and the universe that belongs to children.
We wondered, if a three-year-old could actually choose a tattoo, what would he choose? The answer may be these fragmented and warm daily memories.
Provocative nose picking PUTTO Bambino is PoyunWang's classic move
In collaboration with PoyunWang, PUTTO Bambino digs his nose with one hand and stares at you with a provocative look. This is the three-year-old PUTTO Bambino. He is both an angel and a devil; he is both annoying and makes people smile.
For PoyunWang and I, this creation is more of a sharing of paternal and maternal love. We use art to record children and interpret childhood through our works. We hope that everyone who sees PUTTO Bambino can remember those innocent moments in their lives.
PUTTO Bambino is not only the appearance of a child, but also the precious time in the hearts of all parents.
Poyun Wang was born in Taiwan, moved to Canada, graduated from California Institute of the Arts, and is a pornographic online illustrator who loves design and illustration. He is good at observing everything in real life and then creating different world-weary works in a humorous and world-weary illustration style.
PoyunWang official website: https://poyunwang.cyberbiz.co/
