Announcement

As you may already know 2012 marks 10 years since the creation of Amos. We decided we would celebrate this important anniversary in two ways.

For the first we have created the Amos Generic Character Brand. Over the course of 2012 we have been using our Generic Character for a variety of collaborative projects, intended to emphasise its generic qualities. This culminated in the opening of the Amos Generic Character Brand Shop in Tokyo at the end of June. Open for five days only consumers were able to browse a selection of products all of which featured the Generic Character. The majority of these were produced by our partners in Japan, in limited quantity, specifically for this event and for sale in the Amos online stores in Japan and Europe.  From July 27^th it will be possible to buy a selection of these imported products from www.store.amostoys.com. This will include the Generic Character vinyl figure, the Generic Character Alphabet Book, and a very limited Generic Character B2 size screen print (already sold out in Japan). Signed up store customers will receive more information by email in the near future.

The second way we’ve decided to celebrate our 10-year anniversary is to make the Amos Generic Character Brand our last ever Amos project. These will be the final products to have been made by Amos and our partners. When we started Amos in 2002 we discussed the idea of giving it a limited life span. Now we are in 2012 we feel that the project has reached as far as we want to take it. We are proud of what we’ve achieved over the last 10 years and we feel the Amos Generic Character Brand is a perfect way to add a full stop to what we’ve accomplished. We will update the website and blog in due course but in the meantime we would like to thank everyone that has contributed and worked with us, and of course everyone who has bought Amos products, past and present, and so supported us on our adventure.

Cheers and here’s to the future!

1968 -

9 June 1941 - 16 July 2012

The Amos Final 40...

R n R in Tokyo

James and I took a day off during our recent trip to Tokyo and we head out to the very edges of the metropolitan area for a moderate day's hiking on Mount Mitake (elevation 929m). There's a wonderful shrine at the summit which was shrouded in mist the day we walked up. And for those averse to the exercise, there's also a cable car to the top.

Once up on the slopes there are great day hikes to various surrounding peaks, through forests, and along streams with waterfalls. The cloud was low on the hillside when we were there but apparently on clear days there are killer views of Tokyo and its environs.

We thoroughly recommend the area to anyone visiting Tokyo for a while, who may want to escape the concrete and lights. It's easily accessible, within 2 hours from the centre of the city using the local JR line rail service. Well worth the effort.

The Joy of Generic

Look what you can do with a Generic Character if you dress it in a London Horse-Guard's uniform.

Thank you One Gram

Thanks so much to everyone in Japan who helped make the AGCB Shop such a success.

Ken for backing the project, Teru for his guidance, Akiko for her late night email translations, and everyone else at One Gram, the best working partner anyone could wish for.

And extra special thanks to Yoshihiko Sakata without whose help this could never have happened. He's an absolute hero and we are very grateful for all his hard work. The space was perfect, the product excellent, the shop looked amazing, and Friday's reception was killer. Yoshihiko Sakata, we salute you!

Amos Generic Character Alphabet Book

Published in Tokyo on the occasion of the opening of the Amos Generic Character Shop.

A4, offset print, perfect bound. Edition of 250.