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KOTOK Playthings are wooden toys, created with love and inspiration

 

The toys that are created by a graphic designer and produced the traditional way by an artel of craftsmen from the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia: there the toy-craftsmen industry has been well-known since the XIXth century and has become a tradition. The 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 (CCCC), 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, published by Victionary.

 

– kotok.toys web site was selected by Readymag to participate in the Web projects of the Year 2020 voting and nominated in the Promos category.

 

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

 

Media → Paper.paperAnorak magazineAfisha Daily, WonderzineRussian Project 2020Seasons Makers 2020, Behance Product design