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2030 City Blueprint

This set of educational toys aim to enhance preschool children with consciousness and mindset on sustainable development of cities and communities, to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Using recycle corrugated fiberboard as the sole material, conforms to green toys and sustainable development objective. With different urban city floor plan, building blocks, land, trees, vehicles, human, green energy generators like wind turbine and solar panel, children were encouraged to build his/her future city creatively yet sustainability.

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Blocs Intummy

Blocs in tummy was created to convey the concept that everyone has access to safe and adequate food. The main purpose is to educate preschool children about hunger, and learn to share and increase their awareness on food shortage. Geometrical food blocks can be share among children to fill into the empty stomach of the dolls, guided by an illustration story book, to enhance the cognition of food sharing and food cherish.

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Choppy

Made for kids up to 4 years of age, Choppy has an innovative and handsome design. The pedal-less bike can be assembled as a construction game or building blocks without using any tools. Seat and handlebars can be easily adjusted to the height of the young rider. The springy seat is specially designed to protect the child's back. The ultra-light bike doesn't have the standard metal bearings nor even a single screw. The bike can be dismantled, packed neatly in the compact box, and stored in the car's trunk or even the back seat.

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Gla Gla

When creating a distinctly Croatian souvenir for the island of Krk designers came up with a puzzle teaching the players ancient Glagolitic scripture as it appears on the Baska stone tablet (dating back to 1100 AD). Puzzle pieces are made out of olive trees, grown on the island of Krk since ancient Greece. Gla Gla condenses thousands of years of culture into a game allowing the users to piece together bits of Croatian history from the island of Krk and recombine them into new stories and words in any language.

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Morok

Morok is a new visual story of the famous deductive game Werewolf. Players can try the role of the Inquisition or the Plague Doctor, or can become possessed by the Japanese demons. Cards style is inspired by mysterious Tarot and contains esoteric and occult symbols. It is made in an expressionist manner using 3D graphics, classic art materials and stylization of ancient murals and engravings. To keep the esoteric style, cards size was chosen equal to the Tarot size. The game is made of paperboard with full-color printing, UV varnish and foil so it can be a wonderful gift

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Pike

Pike is an articulated wooden doll. A toy for both small and big children. It is not only a toy but also a poser model for artists and a figure for stop-motion animators. The body parts are easily put together with elastic cords. It does not require any tool thanks to the joint mechanism. Disassembling and reassembling is also a part of the game. It is simply a wooden friend for all ages.

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