... life declines
The noop slowly opened his eyes into tiny slits, but not even the slightest ray of light hit his retina. A few seconds had to pass before his thoughts were no longer trapped by the black haze of his dreams, and he recognised where he was. Lying on his hard bed in the smelly barrack. The rain tumbled onto the metal roof like clusterbomb hail, each drop exploding and releasing a shock wave inside the shelter below. Immediately followed by the merciless liquid that always found a way of creeping through the rusted metal towards the helpless sleepers below. His bed was soaked, and his skin cold. It was still night. The noop was suffering. 

It was autumn and the noop knew life was fading. It all started when the colors began to change. He was born in spring when the elastomer was radiating the most heavenly white - it was so bright that it transcended every shadow. Slowly summer arose and colors became vibrant and full of life. It was a wonderful summer. But the changes were irresistible. And the noops' life span was determined. They all knew... the elastomer had no mercy. 

His whole body ached as he stood up. It took a few seconds for the dizziness to disappear. His thick blood pumped slowly these days. A thought loomed over him "Never go near the water without the protection of your crown". The noop couldn't remember how he knew this, but it must have come from someone who had once loved him. "Always pretend you are a friend, and you will be safe". 

Even at the blackest hour, the Noop's instinct was true to him as he reached for his shark crown. He put it on his head pulling the nose low down over his face, almost hiding below it. Quietly he made his way down to the beach. It was still night. It would all be over soon.













coarse x pixie
coarse presents jaws switch in collaboration with pixie as an exclusive release for the Taipei Toy Festival 2009. Limited to 200 pcs. The noop and his shark crown are approx. 13 inches tall and come in a premium cardboard box. The noop is safely surrounded in a bed of soft sponge. Resting until you put on his crown. 

On sale from thursday July 9 at Taipei Toy Festival. Meet the coarse artists saturday July 11 (3:00 pm) at the pixie booth.

jaws switch will also be available a coarse hkg. The online sale starts July 9 at 10:00 am (July 8 at 10:00 pm New York time). Price HK$ 2200 (price includes global shipping).

A miniature noop (approx. 2.4 inches tall) and his camouflaged shark crown, protected in a transparent screen printed package. Price HK$ 80. 

On sale from thursday July 9.

A new paw! is born.
While he slowly grew in the giant fruit hanging from one of the trees in the endless cream garden, he had impatiently awaited this day. Anxious to see the world outside of his nebulous fruit shell. Yearning to jump around, bounce on the elastomer skin below him and embrace what his instincts would force him to do. Eventually the tree couldn’t hold the burden anymore. Awakening with a hitch, paw! awaited the clash. He huddled. With a loud „whoouuuuump“ the shell slammed to the ground. Stretched from the giant load, the skin shattered and burst. This was his moment! His white blood shot through his body bringing maximum energy to each of his virgin cells. paw!, almost exploding, bounced back into the air. Stretching his legs and arms to prepare for second impact. The time had come. A new paw! was born.

coarse is proud to present paw! milky bliss. The initial and most original colorway of paw! A powdery epiphany.

paw! the tiny monkey rabbit is 12 inches tall and comes in a heavenly banana carrot box topped with a felt leaf. Remove the elastic band and find paw! well protected in soft sponge. Waiting for you to wake him up!

On sale monday June 29 at 10:00 am Hong Kong time
(June 28 at 10:00 pm New York time) at coarse hkg. Sold out!
Price HK$ 1250 + shipping and handling.

paw! milky bliss will also be available at Taipei Toy Festival at the pixie booth and in the pixie online store.

Meet coarse from July 9 - July 12 at Taipei Toy Festival – hosted by pixie. Fear not, we will not come empty handed. Stay tuned for more information about the show and what we have in store for you. 

Both jaws versions, coarse and coarse x rotofugi, are limited to only 100 pcs per version. The silkscreen printed wooden teeth box is closed with an elastic band. Open it and you will find noop, his giant shark. jaws also includes a skateboard (real playwood) and a wooden certificate with your individual number. Register until march 2nd to get your noop.
The registration is now closed. jaws is sold out.

Please understand if we might not be able to fulfill all registrations, the qty we still have on hand is very low.
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About the noops
The driving force that keeps the Noop going, that doesn’t let him rest, is the Noop Formula. There is a mixture of war paint and camouflage on his face and a trophy on his head. He is the spitting image of a power- and forceful vision of speed dropped out of his own elastic dreams. From time to time the Noop stands tall like a warrior in front of a system of two millions of mutated blackberry atoms mirroring his image back two million times.

The Shark is fighting his way through the labyrinth of gooey sewer channels leading from St. Cream into the desert. When he is lucky enough to find a sidearm that will lead him past Gum City he will raise his head from the dark mixture of sleeping juice, licorice oils and black thoughts. Sometimes he spots a Noop in the distance and on a rare occasion he would manage to get a glimpse of how a dream builds up over the ruins of the rubber city.

Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered jaws and thanks for being patient during the last months. Consider at least 10 days for shiping from our Hong Kong home base to Chicago – and give our friends at Rotofugi some time to dispatch your figure.

Both jaws versions, "coarse" and "coarse x rotofugi", are limited to 100 pcs. The figure comes with a signed print and a wooden plate with your individual number. Inside the wooden teeth box, you will find noop, his giant shark hat and his coarse skateboard made from real plywood.


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Missed the pre-order?
Only 100 figures of total 200 figures have been available for pre-order during our chicago noop show. There will be another chance to get jaws quite soon. If you subscribed our coarse family newsletter you won't miss it.

... in stores january 16. We are glad to introduce our latest paw! edition. The tiny monkey rabbit is coming to you in the classic coarsetoys colorway “pain” (light grey/bloody red). Our pain edition is limited to 200 pieces and is nicely packed in a silkscreen printed box. Packed in fabric bag, filled up with foamy letters.

Coarse goes tiny! The figure is approx 2,5 inch tall and highly detailed. Like the 13’’ inch vinyl version, the hat is movable as well. Packed in a transparent silkscreen printed, transparent box.

... until January 12, 2009
Thanks to all guests which have been visiting our opening night yesterday and thanks to "4010" for hosting our Berlin show in "mitte". We have been surprised by the full house and the great response. Our exhibition is now open monday - saturday from 11:00 am till 8:00 pm until January 12, 2009.

4010 in "mitte"

Title: False friends - Hong Kong / Berlin – Media: Resin

Noop 1:1

Title: Clouds over noop, "storm" and "rainbow " – Media: Resin

Title: bursting pain – Media: neon

We arrived in Berlin together with 20 cubic meters of crates, flightcases and carton boxes. A lot to unpack!

Mark installing the neon sculpture

Starting December 10 the noops will be visiting Berlin/Germany. Hosted by 4010 gallery space. Opening at 6:00 pm (by invitation only) – official opening at 8:00 pm. The exhibition will run until January 12, 2009. We hope to see you in Berlin.

Noop Show Berlin
2008/12/10 – 2009/01/12
Alte Schönhauser Strasse 31
10119 Berlin, Mitte

Oooooaaawaaah!
Jumping around in the soft and blurred Dreams of St. Creams citizen's is his favorite place to be when he manages to overcome the huge Marshmallow walls that protect the City. So he roams the vast empty deserts in search of players, then enters their dreams as they are sleeping in the daytime. In their dreams he is ploughing through the endless dreamscapes in search of exotic fruit. The strange fruit he finds leave him restless as they drip sweet and bitter and he roars loud "Oooooaaawaaah!" and „Uuuuliiiep!“ while his snow white fur can not decide if it may lay or stand up from the neck all the way down his back.

paw! The tiny monkey rabbit
Availabe in 2 colors rainbow (left) and blackout (right). Is 12 inches tall and limited to 200 pcs per colorscheme. paw! comes well protected in a fabric bag. surrounded by coarse foam-letter-frizzle, packed in deluxe cardboard boxes (rainbow package shown below).

Gum City is a world made of rubber. Just some years ago there was a plastic allergy raging in the far away. St.Cream and the chino-wearing, law-abiding citizens chose to end the glorious time of funky colorful rubber. In the old times there was just a huge dried up lake, a hole in a universe made of sand, the desert but it fitted the bill for throwing the now poisinous elastomers out of sight and out of their minds. They not even bothered to let the air out of all their buildings they moved off to the desert. The longest cue of trucks that was ever seen was loaded with the jelloesque architecture full of artificial aromas and entertainment moods just to be thrown into the giant gaping in the desert. The people were about to return to St. Cream were a new dawning was already upon the citizens, the Marshmellow age.
The driving force that keeps the Noop going, that doesn't let him rest, is the Noop Formula. There is a mixture of war paint and camouflage on his face and a trophy on his head. He is the spitting image of a power- and forceful vision of speed dropped out of his own elastic dreams. From time to time the Noop stands tall like a warrior in front of a system of two millions of mutated blackberry atoms mirroring his image back two million times.

The noops at Rotofugi Gallery – until Oct 5, 2008
to celebrate our latest release, noop "jaws", our Chicago exhibition is now showing our latest works. noop originals, graphics and photographs. We hope you have a chance to discover the noop universe. Thanks to everybody who is visiting our exhibition and to Rotofugi for hosting our first USA show. We had a really nice time in Chicago.

Our latest release will be available the next days thru stores and online stores around you. More info will follow soon.

Until October 5, 2008

noop jaws 1:1

... flew in from Hong Kong

Title: Bursted dreams "spotless" – Media: Resin

Title: color station - refuelling noop juice 1 Media: Resin/mixed

Title: false friends - pretending love Media: Resin/mixed

Title: pain variations – it hurts Media: Resin

Title: false friends - hide and seek Media: Resin

Photography title: without title

making noops

Chopper on Preorder
The "chopper" edition of our 1:3 Flake vinyl figure is now on preorder at rotofugi.com. The figure is strictly limited to 200 pcs. In Europe this edition is exclusively sold at the Vans in store Berlin/Germany/Europe. We are glad we got a few for global distriution. The figure will be available in asia at various shops – please check our list of retailers. Sorry sold out.

Soon availabe worldwide
Only 60 pcs of our special edition for the Berlin/Germany Vans store will soon be available wordwide. Chopper is limited to 200 pcs in total. Subscribe to our newsletter and you won't miss the release date. Sorry sold out.

Feadback Series
Limited to 5 pcs. Equipped with Sennheisers legendary HD 414 headpones and Coarse x Backjack minibag. Sorry sold out.

Fluid should be back already - but he seems to be late.

Born into a loveless world,
all he ever knew was pain.
The name stuck like bad luck.

Our latest collaboration with Vans will soon be available. Exclusively in Vans Stores around Europe. "Flake" 1:3 – 64 cm vinyl Figure. Bedded in soft pillows. Designed and sculptured by Mark Landwehr. Sorry sold out.

He was the butcher’s
son. Angry and quick
with the blade.

The Butchers Block Berlin Figures will soon hit the Berlin Vans store. Don't worry.

They are real... 1:1 ... sad and sick ... available on special request ...







All shot by Mark Landwehr at Timmendorfer Beach I Germany