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Meet the LA Fabricator Who Is Thriving on the Explosion of Public Art

December 2, 2015 by Marion Maneker

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National Public Radio’s Morning Edition is doing a series on American manufacturers. The series is called “American Made,” of course. But makes this story compelling is how a toy fabricator, Pretty in Plastic, has latched on to art fabrication to make a business out of it in Los Angeles.

Update: a reader points out MDMProps as a London fabricator with a similar foot print.

For Julie B., The Future is Pretty in Plastic (NPR)

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