Hape design office in Reutlingen
in 2001, Germany. He developed
a new role play world of Woody
for a toy designer to work with such traditional and
futuristic material," Markus said. "Working with Hape
bamboo manufacturing to discover the high-tech
natural material is very interesting to me." To catch the
natural advantage of bamboo and to create new toy
ideas is a kind of a biological development. At that time
Markus visited some kindergartens to get the items tested
with children, the direct feedback from the children
have enabled him to optimize the design as well as
manufacturing process.
powers five LED lights to brighten three rooms in the
house. Cool, isn't it?
a future kid's room, Markus also
worked with innovative material -
fasal, a combination of solid
wood and wood dust. The
injectable wooden material
"I like to create toys for future generations in an
environmentally-friendly and responsible way." Markus said.
won Creative Child 2009 Preferred Choice Award.
Later Markus was honored to work as mentor with
excellent international students of academies of design,
to guide and motivate the students to work with new
innovative bamboo materials.
Wooden toys are not `electric toys!', and are not directly
exciting, so Markus followed the style guide of "Smart
Living" of the Bamboo Line and designed a series of
wooden products like the gourmet kitchen, refrigerator
and all the adorable kitchen range, which have been
received by the marketplace as extremely appealing.
Toy Designer
German
Specializes in designing toys
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she was 17 years old, the pretty young lady had
already become a famous actress. A year later
at a ball, she came across Max Kruse, a
29-year-old sculptor. A theatrical scene designer,
he was thought to be "the most handsome guy"
in Berlin, and the two fell in love.
The charm of art and the power of love ignited a
great tenderness and maternal love in this young
lady. When the first baby was born, Katharina
made a big decision to make her own doll!
Seven years later, in 1909, the two got married
and became a family with their three children.
Katharine then adopted her husband's surname
and became Käthe Kruse, a name which would
later become a well-known brand name over
the next century.
On 17
descendants held a special birthday celebration
at her hometown, Donauwörth, in order to
memorialize the Founder of the great brand.
Mrs. Andrea Christenson and President of Käthe
Kruse, Mr. Peter Handstein, cut the birthday cake
together for Käthe. Then they toasted with the all
guests in honor of carrying on the spirit of Käthe
Kruse as well as her dolls. (Y. Bi)
the Käthe Kruse doll factory.
character.Käthe Kruse was
at her doll factory in 1955.
Handstein cut the 130-year
birthday cake for Käthe Kruse.
Käthe Kruse doll has been
always painted delicately
hand-painted by artists.
of Supervisory Board of Käthe
Kruse, Andrea Christenson,
and Tobias Vorbach (right),
the new CEO of Käthe Kruse
commit themselves to carrying
on the spirit of Käthe Kruse, a
great culture heritage of the
legendary lady.