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ULTRA – Fashion Design Culture
"Currently, our very most favorite designed object is made out of polyethylene, comes in a rainbow of bright colors, and is found in Portland at Finnegan’s Toys"
"It is a shell, island, bucket, rocking chair, stool, bucket, helmet (with eye-holes), water toy, sand toy, you name it. And it’s the most simple and elegant and open-ended toy we’ve ever seen. Love."

design*sponge
"toys not to be missed: the bilibo (the most creative piece of blobby plastic ever- i mean, talk about endless possibilities)"

The Morning News:
"It’s a much more useful and attractive version of the ever-versatile cardboard box. I like to think of it as baby’s first piece of modern art."

Kids On Third Street
"The Bilibo has been, hands down, our most popular and thought-provoking toy of the year."

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Quotes:

Bilibo product sheet
Illustrator EPS files, 27.5MB
PDF preview, 520kb

texts/pr
videos
videos

Spiel Gut, "Spielen in Bewegung", 2007
Readers' Digest, "Europe's Hidden Gems 2007/Best Toy", 06.07
Designing, "The Bilibo – Serious Fun", spring 2007
Metropolis, "Pint-sized Play", 02.03.07
The Independent, "50 great ideas for the 21st century", 06.08.06
Channel 4, Richard & Judy Show, 14.07.06
The Daily Telegraph, "The Bilibo - they don't know.." 12.07.06
I.D. Magazine, "The Stuff That Sells", 06.06

LIVINGdesign, Amazing Swiss, 01.06

SF1, Kulturplatz, "Kinderdesign", 23.11.05
Tele M1, Wohnen, "Tipp", 15.10.05
small + beautiful, exhibition catalogue, 09.05
Post-Gazette "New exhibit puts kids into play..", 04.05.05

art-tv.ch, "Museum für Gestaltung Zürich: PLAY", 04.05
Mittellandzeitung, "Designobjekte: Megaseller...", 26.03.05
Mobil, "Zweckfrei, lustvoll – und ernst", 02.05
Goods for Kids, Japan 2002

Swiss Radio DRS1, interview with Bilibo inventor, 10.04.04
LeFigaro, "Objets mythiques", 13.12.02
Swiss Radio DRS1, interview with Bilibo inventor, 03.02
Basler Zeitung, "Junge Erfinder und ihre Produkte..", 28.02.02
Le Temps, "Design Suisse - L'idée dans L'object", 16.02.02
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, "Ein Spielzeug zum Erfinden", 22.01.02
Kidy, "Bilibo macht Kinder froh", 01.02
Annabelle "Wunderbar wandelbar", 12.01
Wir Eltern, "Das Ding", 12.01
Dimanche.ch, "Simplicité Ludique", 09.12.01
Femina, "Drôle d'engine", 09.12.01
Wohnrevue, "Spiel-Räume", 11.01
Coopzeitung, "Bahn frei für die Fantasie
", 07.11.01
Aargauer Zeitung, "Wenn ein 28-Jähriger...", 19.10.01
Sonntagszeitung, "Spielschale", 14.10.02

Bilibo press release
english: PDF / word
deutsch: PDF / word

Bilibo general info
english: PDF

Interview with Bilibo inventor
word

Press and Media reactions:

Main Website:
www.bilibo.com

Museums & Exhibitions:

US Preschool Toy of the Year 2010
ITSA Best Product, Gold Award, Australia 2008
Reader's Digest, Best Toy 2007

Toy of the Year - UK Good Toy Awards 2006
Good Toy, Good Toy Committee, Japan 2005
Deutscher Lernspielpreis, Auswahlliste 2003
Dr. Toy 10 Best Active Products 2002
spiel gut, Arbeitsausschuss Kinderspiel 2002
Design Distinction, I.D. Review 2002
Swiss Product Design Award 2002
Design Preis Schweiz, Distinction 2001
Swiss Federal Award for Design 2001


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