Toy Design

30 Jan

Posted at 14:36h in Toy Design

A few months ago I was hired by DecoPac, Inc. to design a "Cut The Rope" toy for their novelty cakes. Here's how the final product turned out. Look for it at your local bakery this Spring. Nom! Nom!  ...

24 Jul

Posted at 13:30h in Toy Design

Last year I was contacted by the Quois Corporation, a toy company in China that specializes in technology-based toys. They wanted to create an interactive slide projector and hired me to work up some ideas. The toy needed to have a projector lens, a slot for inserting cartridges and/or a thumb drive, and a method for advancing the slides. Here's a...

09 Jun

Posted at 09:50h in Toy Design

One of my regular clients is a toy company called DecoPac. They design many of the fancy birthday cakes you see in grocery store bakeries. They also create various toys and novelties to put on top of the cakes, often tying in with licensed characters and brands. Last year they commissioned me to design a set of cake-top toys to tie...

18 Apr

Posted at 00:00h in Toy Design

[caption id="attachment_3939" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Tray design copyright © DecoPac, Inc. Avengers copyright © Marvel. All rights reserved."][/caption] One of my regular clients is a toy company called DecoPac. Among other things they design many of the fancy birthday cakes you see in grocery store bakeries. They also create various toys and novelties to put on top of the cakes, often tying...

19 Sep

Posted at 08:09h in Toy Design

Play Illustration, a portfolio website for artists in the toy and game industries, recently held their 2011 International Art Competition which I entered. I'm pleased to announce that they've given me a Silver Award (second place) in the category of Concept Art for Toy or Children's Product.     I found out on my birthday, which makes it extra-nice news. It's definitely more...