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PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tags toys & typography

July 2007

JBOOK: [kokuyotoipogurahui] 

It is the strange vision unrestricted building block where as for “[toipogurahui]”, when the part is rearranged, the English word becomes Chinese character of the same meaning, becomes the picture. While rearranging small and large various parts, playing pleasantly, it can cultivate the creativity of the children by experiencing the work of producing new shape. The material uses the Buna material where the Hokkaido product is selected, has become the completion where you can feel feeling good quality in material feeling such as touch. Not only the child way, also the adult moves the hand personally, by the fact that you think, everyone and others creativity (the flash) can forge pleasantly. 

April 2007

Toypography @ Kidsmodern

Kokuyo, a famous Japanese stationary chain, and Dainippon Type Organisation assembled a team that investigates an intellectual training toy and an educational game for Infantile education. The researchs and developments focus on toys or games that brings up "power to think". The result is Toypography. Toypography is a toy of typography – fragments of letters, that can be put together to either Latin or Japanese letters. The mysterious thing about Toypography is, that Japanese expressions can be transformed into English expressions of the same meaning. Kokuyo will be selling Toypography soon.