For McNeil and Miller, craft movements have been a key source of inspiration, reflected in these unique and meticulously crafted objects meant to inspire joy. FAILE had previously made carvings for Deluxx Fluxx spaces, and the Joysticks were an ideal way to reference that world. The pair wanted to create distinct, tangible objects rooted in whimsical game-like characters and something “that could live in the home, that had its own personality and could come to life in a unique way as an object. The Joysticks came about based on the drawings that were always happening in the background in our work. While we are creating, these characters were always sort of in the sketches and doodles that filled up loose pages in the background,” commented McNeil and Miller. “It was the perfect encapsulation of the play within the Deluxx Fluxx experience and these colorfully crafted characters.”
