The Art and Craft of Toy Design

Toy Concept Design&Development class of '06

found toy objects

hi my name is nick i am from jamaica and i am a senior at parson school of design and here are some of my toy design lata

box toys

hi my name is nick and i am a senior at parsons school of design and here are some of my paper toys design

introduction

Hi

◊◊◊Rej◊◊◊

◊◊◊    Hello everyone My name is Rejwan Ahmed. I hope that taking this toy Concepts class is the beginning of me going on to designing toys and turing my illustrations in to 3d art. Something you can hold or play with. i think this another for of communication and its well integrated in to the illustration world. Something i wan to be a part of in the near future.  ◊◊◊

◊ You may contact me at - [email protected]

◊ My website is - http://www.rejwanahmed.com
                         http://www.myspace.com/34437662

Hi, I am Halli

I am Halli, I'm from Iceland and a junior in Design+Technology. My background is design+advertising and illustration. I love doing character illustrations and working on children's book and toy ideas. My grand plan is that in the end of the semester, I will have at least one toy version of one of my characters, maybe (hopefully) more.

Here is my website: www.icomefromreykjavik.com
I also made this one: www.shakeskin.com

Without a doubt, my favorite childhood toys were:

The Fisher Price Phone Buddy
I spent countless hours (years, maybe) running around, yanking the yellow rubber cord, then making phone calls to all of my extended family.

Kermit the Frog
He had velcro-palms, so as I yanked my phone around the world, Kermit would sit on my sholders and follow me everywhere. Perfect!

Hello!

Hello, my name is morgan and i am a junior in the illusration department at parsons. I transfered last year from savannah college of art and design in savannah, georgia where i majored in metals and jewelry and minored in photography. my favorite childhood toy is my bear named eyebrow. unfortunately he is in my old apartment in brooklyn waiting for me to pick him up so i don't have a photo handy. my other favorite childhood toy was the complete set of he-man action figures!

Lindsey B and her fav toy

I finally figured how to attach pictures. So here I am and this is my favorite toy bear, named SugarBear b/c he is white and sweet and keeps me company at night.

hello :D

hi...i'm jessica, a junior in communication design.

I also care about social ecology, and am wishing to use design to convey environmental awareness and to provide ecological solutions.

This is Mr. Brown. I love him! I bought him as a gift for my ex-boyfriend when I was 16, but he frequently abused him by squeezing his brains and throwing him at walls. So I kept him safe from that sadistic human by making sure Mr. Brown was at my side...all the time.

...squeezing out impurities.

...dripping after a bath.

...drying.

Not only does he sleep with me every night, he accompanies me to school, to movies, to dinners, bicycle rides, and even clubbing. In summer 2004, he wandered off in a club and got lost. After I freaked out and had 20 people scramble around looking for him in the dark, my friend found him lying face first on the floor in a pool of spilt vodka. Naughty naughty.

...note the fake zipper that serves as his spinal cord.

Having Mr. Brown travel with me deteriorates his condition. Accumulation of fiber clumps is inevitable...during my A-level exams, I'd groom him for hours with scissors. He loves being treated like a beauty queen.

Mr. Brown has a semi-British accent and speaks in a very low tone. Americans think he sounds like Stewie from Family Guy. He's open-minded, but sensitive regarding intimacy. He has an umbilical cord and a coagulated poo for a tail.

...he's really popular with other animals as well, including Wooby the piglet.

...Mr. Beige is Mr. Brown's cousin. He has a high squeaky voice and lies dormant on a bed in Hong Kong.

...Beige is a lot larger than Brown.

here you can see the proportions : D

Hiiiiii

Hello,

I'm Flo and this is my buddy Flopsy, who has stuck through everything thick and thin with me since age 6. She has seen about everything I've seen, and she has stood in the line of fire for me, even after I once threw up on her. I'm interested in making dolls and puppets, with fabric and (clay? wood? plastic?) parts...