Matthijs & Kim, known professionally as MAKI, are a Dutch husband-and-wife powerhouse that tackles art, design, products, children’s books, and more. They have been long time collaborators with Poketo and we were super stoked to get the on board the Poketo for Target Collection.

Prior to the most recent design, they have super cool t-shirts and a wallet design for us at Poketo. They have done other designs in the past and of course by now, their limited editions are long gone!

As you can see from their Poketo for Target key charm, their fun and spontaneous characters translates perfectly for Poketo.

Along with being the prolific art-makers they are, they are also newly proud parents of two-Fez and Kiki-too adorable! Maki shares a part of their world with us through drawings. Read on!

Tulips, clogs, windmills, and cheese. Yes, that does sound quite magical to us.
Check out MAKI on the Poketo for Target collection.

Add some colorful and functional flair to your ensemble with the collapsible Pocket Tote.

The Pocket Tote has a Ripstop nylon body and handles, and is lightweight and durable. Ripstop is the same tough stuff that sails, parachutes, and hot air balloons are made of.

When you’re done, you can fold it into itself.

There are two colorways: Forest and Sky!

Check out our new Music Balloon, a deceptively strong and cute little speaker for your Ipod, modeled by our fierce summer design intern, Alicia!

They are portable and rechargeable, with a USB, and come in pink, red, and black. Chill out with your friends at a picnic or by the pool, or wear it as a functional accessory!

We are diggin’ the Icon Watch, because it gives a modern and minimal spin to 8-bit graphics.

It was designed to look like a computer icon in pixelated form, and has a stainless steel body with a polyurethane band. It’s sophisticated and fun, and if you’re a designophile or a retro game enthusiast, a worthy accessory for your wrist.

Get yours here!

We’re excited to show you some new summer jewelry! Check it out:

Some new nature-inspired pieces from Nervous Systems: The Dichotomous Pendant and matching Dichotomous Earrings.

Stackable rings: go minimal with one or go all out with all three with classic pearls or some edgier bling.

Last but not least, look sharp with this baby, the Sterling Silver Axe Pendant.

Did it really take our 7 years of Poketo to finally make your wish come true? Or is it just perfect timing? We are super excited to announce our first wallet collaboration with the magical, FriendsWithYou! The Poketo x FriendsWithYou collaboration comes right in time for Toronto’s Luminato Arts Festival where FriendsWithYou will transform all of Toronto into a magical playground.

FWY will be incorporating multiple larger-than-life, inflatable installations of their characters and imbuing the city with Magic, Luck, and Friendship. Poketo delivers this magic with the limited edition Wish Come True Poketo Wallet Series in four designs. Get Buddy Chub, Rainbow City, Rainbow King, and Mush Love now at Poketo!

Stay tuned, we’ll be posting more exclusive goodness from the FWY crew including a very fun, fun, fun interview!

We are pleased to announce our newest collaborative bag line with South Korean non-profit design brand, Eco Party Mearry! Just in time for Earth Day on April 22nd, our line of 100% recycled bags are made of old street banners, leather couches and jackets, and donated clothing. No two bags are alike! They’re super fresh, durable, design-forward, and best of all–good for the Earth! A percentage of the proceeds will go towards environmental efforts and create more jobs abroad.

The series includes three styles:

The Recycled Street Banner Bag

The Bubble Bag

The Recycled Suit Tote

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A lot of love and hard work is put into every bag, and we wanted to show you first hand how these bags are made in Korea.

STEP 1: Gather the material. Street banners are found everywhere in Seoul, from buildings to streets. Instead of trashing the nylon material, volunteers gather the street banners from all over Seoul.

STEP 2: After gathering the discarded materials, they organize them and clean them.

STEP 3: The street banners are taken to the workshop to be cut and sewn into bags by designers.

Check out the full line here!

PowerShovel, Ltd. and the super cool, New Museum in New York will be teaming up NEXT FRIDAY for an exhibition dedicated to the Digital Harinezumi camera! The name of the exhibition, “Imperfect As They Are” is far from the impressive pedigree of video artists they have lined up to showcase their unique take on their Harinezumi world. Unfortunately, this event is invite only, and for one night, but we are sure some these artists will be posting their videos online after the event, and maybe inspire a new generation of video artists around the world!

Some of the artists being exhibited at this event include:

Agnes B, So Yong Kim, Bruce La Bruce, Harmony Korine, Isabel Coixet, Patrice Leconte, Claire Denis, Albert Maysles, Christopher Doyle, Jonas Mekas, Mount Eerie, Erroll Morris, Charlotte Gainsbourg (!!), Chan-Wook Park (!!), Kim Gordon, Kelly Reichardt, Miranda July (!!) and more…

Here are some of the ethereal videos Vimeo users have captured with their Harinezumi’s:

Play all three at the same time and you have an instant video art installation!

We have only a few more in stock at Poketo.com, so get ‘em while they’re still hot!
Digital Harinezumi