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The retro versions may read like curios now, but tucked inside is a very modern impulse: making something generous out of what you have.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

"They are just very charismatic, very playful, very social, very curios and very intelligent and that's why people love them," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

It’s nothing compared with other collectors, some of whom even build out special rooms in their homes to devote to their cardboard curios, she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

But several scientists and musicians believe it all could have power beyond being mere online curios.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Spoon Man traveled all over North Carolina, plying curios and cookware, tools and trinkets—and news.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper