Takeshi Tadatsu, a Tokyo comics artist, who back in the 90s created "Tokyo NewYork" for The New York Press, has been busily making shoebox cars that will knock your socks off. Steven Heller loved 'em and had to ask about the design inspiration:
"I have many Mexican wrestler figures; one day I placed them in cardboard box with a window, like TV. I painted the ring and found the box made a new, different, great image of them!
In 2008 I put toys into a box that made them completely like toys in Toys R Us. It also reminded me of plastic model or slotcars from my boyhood. So, shoebox cars size are 1/24 scale of my favorite slotcars.
It is so much FUN! It feels free like sketching back to elementary school days.
I don't have a goal yet, I think I enjoy to see where they go. Like when they showed up in the window of local city councilman.
I've done around 20 cars now, I need to do more."
