When a British engineer named Denys Fisher introduced the first Spirograph set at a toy fair in 1965, he tapped into a demographic of non-artists who really wanted to create art. Those sprocketed ...

If you’re a child of the ’80s or ’90s, chances are you’ve spent hours tracing out intricate patterns using the pens and gears of a Spirograph kit. Simple as those parts may be, they’re actually a very ...

Some days, I think I’m psychic. This morning, I was reading at home when a sudden memory flooded into my head. Now don’t ask me why, but I started thinking about a toy I had as a child. I cannot even ...