Looking back at D.A.E.

The guys behind D.A.E, David Escobedo and Brian Schafer, talk about their dream of creating fully-articulated versions of Vivian and Monty, their 16-inch ‘Miniquins’. The storyline goes that after disappearing from view, the miniquins were rediscovered in a basement and were sent back to Paris for refurbishment and rebuilding. Speaking in 2011, David explains that, “The articulation gives new possibilities. We’ve always designed furniture and props for photography, and people would ask, ‘Where did you get the miniature bar, or the scaled-down furniture?’ It was all custom-made for us but we never actually launched these items because the dolls couldn’t sit on the stuff. This time around there will be all kinds of new things.” Click here, to see prototypes and fashions, and read more.