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Sustainable approaches to toy design



02/14/13

At the annual N.Y. Toy Fair from Feb. 1-13, more than 150,000 new products were unveiled. Otis toy design students spent 29 days in China last summer designing bamboo toys for a sustainable future. The German company Hape International sponsored the research and development project, in which students exchanged ideas with local craftspeople, manufacturers, and educators; explored Hape's bamboo forests; toured factories in Ningbo, and created designs for toddler games and construction sets. Their focus was on sustainable product design and production. See video.

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