Posts by Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years, where she fostered a career in the arts, dabbling in everything from illustration and animation to music and ceramics. She now calls Edinburgh home, where she continues to work as a writer, illustrator, and ceramicist. Her ceramics, often combined with hand-painted animation frames, capture playful scenes that celebrate freedom and movement, and blend her passion for art with storytelling. Her illustrations have been featured in The Berliner Magazine as well as other print magazines and a poetry book.
Toys
September 26, 2020

‘The Child’ LEGO Set Lets You Build Your Own Adorable Baby Yoda

LEGO has been recreating iconic scenes, starships, and characters from the Star Wars franchise for several years, but none of those sets have been as cute as this one. In tandem with The Mandalorian season two release date (October 30 2020), LEGO is launching a 1,073-piece set that lets you build your very own model of The Child, who is also lovingly known as Baby Yoda. The adorable 7.

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Movies
September 21, 2020

Studio Ghibli Releases 400 Still Images From Its Iconic Movies for Free

From releasing its movies on Netflix to offering free Zoom backgrounds, the famously secretive Studio Ghibli has started to open up recently, giving fans even more access to its whimsical world. The animation studio isn’t finished giving out freebies just yet though. Earlier this month, Ghibli kindly released hundreds of still images from its movies to the public, without charge.

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My Modern Met

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