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Toymaker: The autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods
Grady, Mike, Karen, Tom
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Description for Toymaker: The autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods
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Step inside his home and you'll see papier-mâché birds, a life-sized cardboard tiger, model cars; his work bench a vibrant collage of creativity, from hand-drawn maps and postcards to newly devised toys for his beloved grandchildren. Tom Karen is a toymaker, creative genius, award-winning designer and one of the world's most remarkable inventors. From inventing the Marble Run to designing the iconic Raleigh Chopper bike and creating the Bond Bug, Tom's designs are cherished the world over, but behind these fantastical creations lies an equally remarkable life.
Born in the 1920s into a wealthy family and raised in Czechoslovakia ... Read more
Product Details
Format
CD
Publication date
2020
Publisher
535
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781788704441
SKU
V9781788704441
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Grady, Mike, Karen, Tom
Tom Karen was born in Vienna in 1926. His home, however, was in Brno, a prosperous industrial city, 120 miles from Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia. Following the rise of Nazi Germany, his family had to flee their home country, settling in the UK via Belgium, France and Spain. A creative at heart, Tom trained in product ... Read more
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