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Jellycat
Jellycat Limited is a British soft toy and keychain company, known for its plush toys and collectibles. Founded by Thomas Gatacre in London in 1999, the company expanded into Minneapolis in 2001, forming Jellycat Inc. While the company mostly sells soft toys, it also sells books, nursery items, bags and other accessories. Jellycat offers a range of products, from classic stuffed animals like rabbits and bears to more whimsical creations in its Amuseables line, featuring playful designs such as smiling flowers and cheerful foods. As of 2024, the longest serving design within the contemporary collection is the Slackajack Monkey with 21 years of production. In February 2024, Jellycat celebrated its 25th anniversary, where the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston hosted an anniversary party. In 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s Hague Yearly Review ranked Jellycat Limited's number of industrial design applications filled under the Hague System as 8th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Design
Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufacture or production of the product. Industrial manufacture consists of predetermined, standardized and repeated, often automated, acts of replication, while craft-based design is a process or approach in which the form of the product is determined personally by the product's creator largely concurrent with the act of its production. All manufactured products are the result of a design process, but the nature of this process can vary. It can be conducted by an individual or a team, and such a team could include people with varied expertise (e.g. designers, engineers, business experts, etc.). It can emphasize intuitive creativity or calculated Evidence-based design, scientific decision-making, and often emphasizes a mix of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squishmallows
Squishmallows is a brand of stuffed toy that was launched in 2017 by Kelly Toys Holdings LLC and is owned by Jazwares, a Berkshire Hathaway company. Squishmallows are round and come in a variety of colors, sizes, animals/foods/objects, and textures. The brand has created over 3,000 Squishmallow designs. History Founder Kelly Toys Holdings, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, was founded in 1986 by Jonathan Kelly In an interview with Yahoo! Finance, Kelly stated that he came up with the idea for Squishmallows when he went to Japan and saw a variety of appealing toy products, including plush toys. Kelly and his team then spent several months creating a toy that emulated the “soft, cute, and kawaii” look of the Japanese plush toys. Judd Zebersky, CEO and president of Jazwares, announced a strategic partnership with Kelly Toys in 2019 to "reinvigorate and expand distribution" of its Russ Berrie brand, which Jazwares had acquired in 2018. After collaborating for a year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
