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Frank Kozik Likes To Smoke.
(Updated: 2024) Artist Frank Kozik used to have a studio across the hall from my office in San Francisco. It was a dream space for building anything from a car to a toy sculpt. Kozik was a God of graphic arts. He brought back rock poster art, started Man’s Ruin record label, worked for top ad agencies, published books, designed skateboard graphics, influenced countless artists, and was a known toy maker for the collector market. An absolute gear head and counter culture president.
I learned a few things while working next to Frank. There were were plenty of days with hours spent on politics, art, history, music, and life. He hated Kaiser Wilhelm II, loved Mopar, and was known to give history lessons steamroll-style. You were gonna hear it, if you like it or not. He also left zero emails in his in-box. “A clean desk, is a clean mind,” he would say.
One of my favorite Kozik pieces is the Gipper Statue. Any art that says “Destroy” or “The Future Is Stupid” is a win for humanity.
Sadly, Frank passed too quickly from this world in 2023, but man did he leave his mark. I’m lucky to have known him, and I often recall some of the advice he gave me for dealing with clients. I was always hoping we would follow up on some of our ideas. Frank hired me to photograph his toys a few times. We planned on selling these as limited additions on metallic silver paper. The test prints looked amazing, and would have looked even better with a Kozik signature in the corner. Rest easy mate.
Product Photography of Frank Kozik Vinyl Toys
More info on Kozik:
Dude is on wikipedia and IG.
I miss Kozik.
Schweet toys. Great job making them literally pop off the page. They will look sick on metallic paper. Please shoot me some info when you have a few.
Cool toys, and very clean photos, JW — well done.
Kozik’s toys are one of the few toys that I look forward to checking out, especially his Dictator Sculpture Series. Fantastic job photographing these toys. They look great!
Cool toys, Cool Shots! I like!