When the Whitney Museum of American Art staged its blockbuster retrospective of Jeff Koons in 2014, the most photographed work was undeniably Play-Doh (1994–2014), an 11-foot-tall aluminum sculpture ...

When investors get giddy about Hasbro’s strong sales and share price growth in recent years, big licensed brands from Marvel and Star Wars, as well as company-owned hits like Transformers and Nerf, ...

When it was first developed in the 1950s, Play-Doh wasn’t a kids’ toy: It was made to clean wallpaper that had been dirtied by soot from home heating systems. But as cleaner heating systems were ...

The substance that would become Play-Doh actually began its life as a wallpaper cleaner. Join us as we take a brief look back at some early cans and playsets. The substance that would become Play-Doh ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Earlier this month, some rather ...

Origins: Over the years, a number of (now) commonplace products have begun their commercial careers as substances intended for quite different purposes. Kotex, for instance, began as a bandaging ...

This is no mere child’s clay. A doctor divided the internet after celebrating her son’s birthday by demonstrating how to deliver a baby using Play-Doh. “Cesarean #playdoughsurgery pregnant woman for ...

On starting over and reshaping one’s path. By Jenny Qi As a kid, I wanted to be a palace artisan, painting elaborate scenes on clay pots, soldering gold filigree onto porcelain vases, sculpting ...