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New in the shop · September 28, 2026 A painter’s studio, to give The five artist studios now come in a size made for giving — the 18 × 12 Collector’s Edition, sealed in a handmade MINIESE envelope. Pre-order now; it ships mid to late October. Read →

Coming soon · October 9, 2026 Coming soon — The Living Greeting A holiday card that writes like a card, stands like a frame, and with one tap plays your own story — for everyone you send it to, or just for someone special.
New lines · October 4, 2026 MINIESE × Jiayu — four paintings, brought to life A new line, for painters working today, opens with Jiayu. Four of Jiayu's flower-and-bird paintings, in ink and colour, now in the shop, each one moving in MINIESE AR: koi round a garden rock, cranes in a courtship dance, a pair of birds on a peony bough, ducklings under a grapevine.
New stories · October 3, 2026 Fourteen new stories, and a sofa that wakes somewhere new each time Drifting Awake gets fourteen new stories and becomes Smart AR. Each time you look, she wakes somewhere else on her dark sea, among coloured balls, rising bubbles, a full moon or a giant turtle.
Inside MINIESE · October 3, 2026 New in MINIESE AR — the Magic Tools store, and stories printed on paper Magic Tools is a new store inside MINIESE AR, of tools that change how you see your artwork. The first is Paper finish, which shows every story as if printed on matte rag paper. Unlock it once for $9.99 and it is yours on your account.
Inside MINIESE · October 3, 2026 The Loupe — read the museum's paintings stroke by stroke Most of The Living Museum now opens under a loupe in MINIESE AR. Hold your phone to the painting and every brushstroke comes up close, the way you never see it from across the room. A new Magic Tool, unlocked once for $9.99.
New works · October 2, 2026 The Last Hand — your phone is the magnifying glass. Find who cheated. A new work for The Living Gallery, and a mystery. Use your phone as a magnifying glass, aim it at each of the thirteen gods around the table, and each one comes alive to give their testimony, with subtitles. Then decide who cheated.
New in the shop · October 1, 2026 A night walk through The Living Gallery The Living Gallery is now a long, dark corridor you can walk. Each work waits in its own light, and comes alive as you reach it.
New stories · October 1, 2026 Eleven new stories, and a card table that never plays the same game twice Anything But Cards gets nine new stories and becomes Smart AR, dealing a different one each time you look. Drifting Awake meets a jellyfish, and A Gentle Goodnight learns to float.
Inside MINIESE · October 1, 2026 New — how-to guides for your MINIESE Five short guides, from tapping the chip for the first time to hanging a Constellation. Each one shows you every step.
New in the shop · October 1, 2026 Walk the Living Museum after hours All 120 masterpieces on one long wall, each under its own lamp. Walk from one to the next, watch each come alive, and look closer than you ever could in a gallery.
Smart AR · September 29, 2026 Letters, typed on your Typewriter Confessions of a Typewriter now takes letters. Write to anyone who owns one, and your words are typed onto the sheet in their room, key by key, when they next tap its chip.
Inside MINIESE · September 28, 2026 A few words of your own, inside the gift Giving a MINIESE artwork? Add a message. When your friend scans the work, its story plays, and then your words appear on it, in the font, colour and animation you chose.
New in the shop · September 28, 2026 See it on your wall before you buy Every print in the shop now has View in Room — your phone hangs it on your own wall, at the exact size you pick, before you decide.
Our picks · September 27, 2026 A little fright for Halloween A scream, a very frightened TV and a planet that grows jack-o'-lanterns — our picks for October.
Our picks · September 27, 2026 For the ones who can't sleep Six quiet night pictures for the friend who's always awake at 3am — or for you.
Our picks · September 27, 2026 Good dogs (and one cat) For the animal lover: the dogs hiding in the collection — some you have to look for, some that only appear in AR.
Our picks · September 27, 2026 Love letters For an anniversary, a proposal or no reason at all: the collection's great love stories, and the letters inside them.
Our picks · September 27, 2026 Our picks for autumn Maples on fire, a vineyard at harvest, a jackalope with a leaf in his lapel — the works we would hang as the evenings draw in.
Our picks · September 27, 2026 Pictures that feel like home For a housewarming, a first flat or a long-awaited move: rooms, gardens and doorways that say "welcome".
New stories · September 26, 2026 Bloom now grows 21 stories with Smart AR Bloom's little planet has three packs of seven stories now. The first seven come free; two new packs join the draw.
New in the shop · September 26, 2026 Let the arts find you Not sure where to start? Answer a few questions — who it's for, the occasion, the feeling, what you'd love to see — and the collection comes to you.
Events · September 26, 2026 Meet us this autumn Four chances to see MINIESE in person before the year is out — Beverly Hills, Old Pasadena, Laguna Beach and Burbank.
New in the shop · September 25, 2026 Into the Vault The Living Museum’s store room is open — in the dark. Your phone is the torch. Find a masterpiece on the racks, and see it on your own wall.
Inside MINIESE · September 25, 2026 Smart AR — works that do more than play Every work comes alive in AR. A few go further — they grow a different surprise each time, follow the sun, or hide a whole gallery in one frame.
Inside MINIESE · September 24, 2026 Collector’s or Select — two editions of every Living Gallery work Every Living Gallery work comes in two editions, at the same sizes. Both come alive the same way; here is what the Collector’s Edition adds.
Inside MINIESE · September 24, 2026 Constellations — two works that interact Some works were made to meet. Hang the two together in a particular order and they interact with each other, deeply — a figure steps out of one frame and into the other, a hat or a note passes between them.
Coming soon · September 23, 2026 Coming soon — new ways to hold a story A miniature theatre, a picture book, a post box from 1888 and a museum you curate yourself — four new kinds of MINIESE, on their way.
Inside MINIESE · September 23, 2026 Hide a message inside a painting Write a few words for someone, pick how they look, and they appear on the artwork itself — right after its story plays, only for them.
New lines · September 22, 2026 Become the art The Living Portrait is a sitting, not a print — a fine art portrait made at Wonderlens Studio, and for a limited time, brought to life in MINIESE AR.
Inside MINIESE · September 22, 2026 More than one story Many of our works have more than one story. The same picture on your wall — and a second, third or fourth story waiting inside it.

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