DesignerCon Returns to Pasadena in June

 

 

Recently announced was DesignerCon returning back to its roots in Pasadena on Father's Day weekend, June 20-21, 2026. This show will bring back the focus of the smaller companies and artists that made DesignerCon a success. It was a small community of artists and companies that really embraced the designer and indie art toy scene from low brow art to graffiti culture and everything else in-between. DCon Pasadena was THE SHOW to be at to get your art and work seen. 

As DesignerCon grew, it outgrew the Pasadena Convention Center and needed a bigger venue to fit everyone that wanted to exhibit and to allow more people to attend. They moved to Anaheim before leaving California to Las Vegas a couple of years ago. Dcon Las Vegas will still take place in November and will still be the bigger show out of the two. 

We are looking forward to DCon coming back to where it all started. Those were some of the best times especially when the designer toy scene was taking off. Meeting up with other collectors that we would bump into at other shows and matching message board names to faces. So much nostalgia and good times with a lot of great people in the designer toy community. 

We hope to see some of the OG collectors that we haven't seen in a few years, come out to DCon Pasadena. You can purchase tickets for Dcon Pasadena HERE.  

Saving the Best for Last: DesignerCon 2017 Recap

DesignerCon 2017 has come and gone in a blink of an eye. This year was the biggest and most crowded that DCon has ever been. Maybe it was partly due to the holiday weekend but we can say a lot of collectors came out in full force from all over the world to attend and to pick up exclusives from their favorite company or artists.

This was also the last year that DesignerCon will be at the Pasadena Convention Center. DesignerCon has definitely grown and they still had artists & vendors on the waiting list to get a booth even though spaces were already filled. In all the years that we've been attending DesignerCon, it was never this crowded. Even towards the later hours of the show it was jammed packed. We were stuck in Hall C on Saturday shuffling down the aisles. It felt like SDCC.

Are You Ready For DesignerCon?

Are you ready for DesignerCon? DesignerCon will be held in exactly 3 weeks from this posting at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA on November 11-12 which is also Veteran's Day weekend. Check out the DesignerCon Highlight Video above which will give a a little glimpse of what goes on during DCon. This year, DCon is going full out with huge billboard signs in certain areas in Los Angeles and street banners in Pasadena.

CurioCon Tickets On Sale Now!

Curio Con is a brand new show by Ayleen from Toy Break etc... This show is similar to Designer Con but is in the Spring instead of Winter. Curio Con is May 13-14th at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA. Purchase your tickets now to save you time from buying your ticket at the show. Tickets for Saturday & Sunday is $10 per day or you can buy a 2-day pass for $15. The show will feature toys, art and more... For those who collect Japanese Vinyl Toys (sofubi), Refreshment Toy will have a booth there. They will also have a Bricks LA Zone. Go HERE for more info on the show and to purchase your tickets.