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KOTOK Playthings are wooden toys, created with love and inspiration.

 

The toys that are drawn by a graphic designer and made in the traditional way by an artel of craftsmen from the Nizhny Novgorod region. There the toy-craftsmen industry has been well-known since the XIXth century and has become a tradition. Wooden figurines are turned on a lathe and then painted by an artist's hand.

To work with talented craftsmen and support their distinct job, especially during current times of a global overproduction is a great joy for us.

 

Our goal is to create high-quality toys with a history that people of all ages will treasure and love.

2020 – All-Russian competition-biennale of object design and an exhibition at the Moscow Museum of Decorative Arts "Invented and Made in Russia II": a winner in the "Crafts: Interior Decor" nomination.

 

2021 – 2022 – "History of Russian design. Essentials" exhibition, Moscow Design Museum, The State Tretyakov Gallery.

 

2022 – "Play with design" group exhibition at the Carme Contemporary Culture Centre, Valencia, ES.

 

2022 – 2023 – All-Russian competition-biennale of object design and an exhibition at the Moscow Museum of Decorative Arts "Invented and Made in Russia III": special jury mention.

 

2023 – a publication and an interview in the New Folk Art book, publised by Victionary.

 

intro.kotok.toys web site was selected by Readymag to participate in the "Projects of the Year 2020" voting and nominated in “Promos”.

 

– An "Editors's picks" mark on Etsy marketplace platform. 

 

PRESS → Paper.paperAnorak magazineAfisha Daily, WonderzineRussian Project 2020Seasons "Makers" 2020, Behance