KAWS (Brian Donnelly)

He  is a New York-based pop artist and designer known for his signature limited edition vinyl toys.  He is born in Jersey City in 1974 and graduated from the School of Visual Arts.

KAWS started off his career as a Graffiti artist, and his creations are recognised on billboards, bus stops, and phone booths. 

KAWS has designed and collaborated with the likes of Original Fake, A Bathing Ape, Undercover, Medicom Toy, Supreme, Nike, Comme des Garcons, NIGO, Jun Takahashi and Michael “Mic” Neumann.

For a while he had worked with Disney and collaborate on the 101 Dalmatiens.   The Body and Hands on his companions are the same as Mickey, the heads of pirate with X for the eyes ( his signaturre ).