21 Amazing Art, Toys, and Collectibles From DesignerCon 2022

Imagine a spot the place monsters dwell with robots. Where the pinkest, prettiest factor you’ve ever seen is true subsequent to the darkest and most ugly. A spot the place artwork, popular culture, and collectibles collide like asteroids right into a planet. That place is the annual Designer Con, and it’s the good place you’ve ever been.

DCon, as attendees name it, passed off final weekend on the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, and like yearly, I made positive to test it out. Two large exhibit halls get stuffed up with all method of artists and retailers, all of whom simply have one factor in thoughts: that is cool. Of course, everybody has their personal concept of what cool is, precisely, and that’s what makes Designer Con so superb. There is actually one thing for everyone. Fan of tiki bars? There’s one thing for you. Super into Star Wars? There’s one thing for you. Like customized motion figures mashing up the weirdest manufacturers ever, but additionally sweet? Yup, it’s acquired that too.

What follows are 21 pictures that hardly even scratch the floor of the bizarre, fascinating, thrilling issues you’ll be able to see and purchase at Designer Con. Plus they very a lot cater to my preferences. Nevertheless, it’s all tremendous rad. Visit the Designer Con site for information on when it’s again subsequent yr.