#toy-design tag

This LEGO Furby 30th Anniversary Build Comes With Working Eyes and a Secret Agent Hidden in Its Head - Yanko Design

A 1,700-piece LEGO Furby recreates the toy's expressive features, nostalgic paranoia, and designer Easter eggs with practical mechanisms and collector-sized scale.

Social justice

fromFast Company

3 weeks ago

Mattel's latest Barbie to celebrate diversity has autism

Mattel released an autistic Barbie co-designed with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, featuring shifted gaze, articulated joints and sensory-aware clothing choices to reflect autistic experiences.

fromwww.ocregister.com

1 month ago

Looking for toys? Here's the criteria of the Hall of Fame

The National Toy Hall of Fame is part of the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. The Hall of Fame accepts nominations from the public year round, but to be inducted, a toy must be approved by historians and educators with background and appreciation of learning and play. Nominees are rated in four categories, though they don't have to rate highly in all four to get in: Icon status: Toys that are widely recognized and respected

Education

Design

fromFast Company

1 month ago

Candylab rebranded its retro toy cars to reach kids and 'kidults'

Candylab rebranded to distinguish premium collectible wooden cars from smaller play-focused models, targeting both adult collectors and children.

Board games

fromwww.bostonherald.com

2 months ago

Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, dies age 99

Burt Meyer invented iconic 1960s toys—Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Lite-Brite, MouseTrap—using mass-produced plastics and engineering to transform American children's play.

Startup companies

fromBusiness Insider

2 months ago

My parents and siblings are doctors, but I became a toy inventor. My company raised $5 million this year.

Sydney Wiseman invented Fingerlings, sold tens of millions, and now partners with her pediatrician sister to create playful medical tools.

Medicine

fromFortune

3 months ago

This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living-and her company now rakes in $20 million a year | Fortune

A former toy designer applied 3D-modeling skills to found MedCAD and develop 3D-printed surgical implants that restore patients' appearances.

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