We are involved in teaching the next generation of product designers and illustrators. We work with toy companies and children’s book publishers. We are involved with creating and licensing images worldwide. Through this work we have become very interested in how images cross cultural boundaries, so we are exploring how to learn more about the process. How we can best teach new creators and how we can improve our own design practice? In this paper we intend to share our current research and experience, working on projects involving dolls houses, wooden educational toys, picture and pop-up book
By observing how a 5-year-old child plays creatively with objects, and comparing the process with th...
Abstract: The paper investigates the close relationship between development and play in early childh...
Physical toys seem to be disappearing and being neglected by the new generations replaced by technol...
Inspiring and encouraging creativity in the young, nurturing imagination and enthralling them in the...
International audience"The best thing a child can do is to break a toy; the next best thing is to ma...
International audience"The best thing a child can do is to break a toy; the next best thing is to ma...
Inspiring and encouraging creativity in the young, nurturing imagination and enthralling them in the...
(english): In the theoretical part, I deal primary with defining the concepts of doll production and...
Sustainable Rural Initiatives (SRI) is a non-profit organisation in Okana, a rural community in West...
International audienceThe University of Northampton is in a town known for its shoe industry, but du...
International audienceThe University of Northampton is in a town known for its shoe industry, but du...
Playing is a creative process generating and stimulating design. In Northampton we have been playin...
The consumer-oriented world we live in today strives towards getting as much as possible in the shor...
Paper based on chapter published in the book 'Internet of Toys': "Like previous work in the field o...
This chapter examines ways of establishing an equal partnership between year 5 children and adult de...
By observing how a 5-year-old child plays creatively with objects, and comparing the process with th...
Abstract: The paper investigates the close relationship between development and play in early childh...
Physical toys seem to be disappearing and being neglected by the new generations replaced by technol...
Inspiring and encouraging creativity in the young, nurturing imagination and enthralling them in the...
International audience"The best thing a child can do is to break a toy; the next best thing is to ma...
International audience"The best thing a child can do is to break a toy; the next best thing is to ma...
Inspiring and encouraging creativity in the young, nurturing imagination and enthralling them in the...
(english): In the theoretical part, I deal primary with defining the concepts of doll production and...
Sustainable Rural Initiatives (SRI) is a non-profit organisation in Okana, a rural community in West...
International audienceThe University of Northampton is in a town known for its shoe industry, but du...
International audienceThe University of Northampton is in a town known for its shoe industry, but du...
Playing is a creative process generating and stimulating design. In Northampton we have been playin...
The consumer-oriented world we live in today strives towards getting as much as possible in the shor...
Paper based on chapter published in the book 'Internet of Toys': "Like previous work in the field o...
This chapter examines ways of establishing an equal partnership between year 5 children and adult de...
By observing how a 5-year-old child plays creatively with objects, and comparing the process with th...
Abstract: The paper investigates the close relationship between development and play in early childh...
Physical toys seem to be disappearing and being neglected by the new generations replaced by technol...