This is a personal little project I had for my 4yo boy who chose to be a “Photographer” as his role during their school’s Closing Ceremony. It’s not practical to use a real camera or buy a toy camera – they all looked too plastic and he didn’t want them anyway. So I gathered recycled [...]

I was 6 years old when we first moved here. Now I’ve got 4 and 2 year olds creating their own happy memories of the place.

Project: MEGA. The first and largest designer toy collaboration between foo-dog’s MEGA and 100 selected professional artists residing in UAE. The exhibition opening held last Wednesday 26th May at Gate Village, DIFC, Dubai was a huge success. Congratulations to Mohammed Abedin who started this whole madness and gave us an amazing opportunity to showcase our skills [...]

Project: MEGA | 100 customs. 100 artists. pure awesomeness. *watch out for the 100 MEGAs post soon*

“Project: MEGA by Foo-Dog. The largest Designer Toy Exhibition in the Middle East.” Three months ago, an email arrived inviting me to be one of the 100 professional artists to customize his creation called MEGA. I was ecstatic! My first play on a designer toy! And when Mo, the man behind this madness, showed the [...]

Today, I saw him at MinD Arts Festival in a glass box, silently keeping it’s awesomeness yet. I can only dream of holding him sooner. I have been sleepless, endlessly imagining what I could possibly do to make him unique and definitely “my creation”. I thought of crazy wardrobes, sketching here and there, constant research. [...]

After over one year in the making, MEGA by FooDog will be revealed to the public for the first time. MEGA is a designer toy concept and is the first of its kind to be created by an Emarati. For precautionary measures, MEGA will be confined to a protective environment for your viewing pleasure. I [...]