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Mastodonts

At wodibow they believe that toys can mix design with being 100% natural. Mastodonts is a family of wooden magnetic animals inspired in architecture. From 1 body you can build 4 animals just by changing the heads, mouths and ears. No plastic, no paint, no varnish nor glue. It is all beech wood and magnets and finished with wax made of olive oil and beeswax. It is presented in a box made of poplar. They include a cloth and a tin of wax to maintain the Mastodonts. They design and produce in Spain to double-check every one of the pieces they make. To produce they use hi-tech CNC machinery.

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Movable wooden animals

The diversity animal toys are moving with different ways, simple but fun. The abstract animal shapes absorb children to imagine.There are 5 animals in the group: Pig, Duck, Giraffe, Snail and Dinosaur. Duck's head move from right to left when you pick it up from the desk,it seems to say "NO" to you; Giraffe's head can move from up and down; Pig's nose, Snail's and Dinosaur 's heads move from inside to outside when you turn their tails. All of the movements make people smile. Also all of the movements drive children to play in different ways, like pulling, pushing tails, turning heads...etc

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Kinderfeets

The Kinderfeets™ is a wooden balance bike. It provides a starting point for children preparing to ride a “normal” two-wheeled bicycle. To differentiate this balance bike from others we made a chalkboard finish color options for customization, foot pegs for cruising, so this will make the transition to pedals even easier. Then we added a low step through frame, that allows for lower settings of the seat and easy on-and-off of the rider and Forever-Air-Tires to decrease their maintenance

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Rocking Zebra

Children love this frisky rocking toy, whilst the contemporary look, funky graphics and natural wood, are real eye-catchers in the modern home. The design challenge involved retaining the essential character of a classic heirloom toy, whilst using advanced techniques and a modular construction system to allow for future additional animal types with minimal part changes. The packaged product also needed to be compact and under 10kg for direct internet sales channels. Use of custom print laminate is a real first, resulting in perfect color/pattern rendition on a totally scratch-resistant surface

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Triqo

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vic & ddory (Mascot)

Vic and ddory are the mascots of the new professional baseball team launched by Korea Telecom in winter 2013, kt wiz (Abbrev. for wizard). Being the symbol of the team, the mascots aim to extend the communication platform beyond the stadium experience. Targeted towards the growing population of female and children baseball fans, the mascots named as vic and ddory, together pronounced as 'Victory' was born. Gaining insights from the fans, a list of functional toys are made that are able to show kt wiz spirit and engagement throughout fan's daily life.

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Legendary designers and their award-winning works.

Design Legends are extremely famous designers who make our World a better place with their good designs. Discover legendary designers and their innovative product designs, original art works, creative architecture, outstanding fashion designs and design strategies. Enjoy and explore original design works of award-winning designers, artists, architects, innovators and brands worldwide. Get inspired by creative designs.

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