Toymaker (eBook)

The autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods

Tom Karen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
535 (Verlag)
978-1-78870-087-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Step inside his home and you'll see papier-mache 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 by nannies, Tom had a lonely upbringing and longed for pencils, paper, paints and brushes. His childhood was short-lived when Tom and his family had to flee for their lives following the rise of Nazi Germany. It was this formative experience that would transform Tom's life. Arriving in the UK, Tom would establish himself as a creator slowly building the career that would see him dubbed 'the man who designed the seventies'.Told through the prism of Tom's incredible designs, Toymaker is a story about life, about imagination, about being in the present and existing in the past; about painting, drawing, chopping and changing; about thinking, discussing, arguing and listening. Tom's life is a tale of a century of creativity and how 'things' come to define who we are - and help us look ahead to where we're going.

Autor

lt;b>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 design at Central Saint Martins and went on to work at Ford and Hotpoint before taking over Ogle Design. It was at Ogle where Tom reached the top of the design game, inventing the Chopper bike, Marble Run, Scimitar GTE and the Bond Bug, amongst many other cult transport vehicles, and toys and games loved by kids the world over.

Tom lives and designs in Cambridge. He has four children and seven grandchildren.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Schlagworte: 1970s • ART • Bond Bug • British design • Christmas • Christmas gift • Creativity • Cultural History • cultural history, creativity, history, art, design, history of design, narrative non-fiction, British design, family history, drawing, illustration, The Chopper, marble run, Scimitar, 1970s, nostalgia • cultural history creativity history art design of design narrative non-fiction British • Design • drawing • Family history • family history drawing illustration The Chopper marble run Scimitar 1970s nostalgia • Fierce Bad Rabbits Clare Pollard • History • history of design • Illustration • marble run • narrative non-fiction • Nostalgia • scimitar • The Chopper • The Hare With Amber Eyes • Tom Karen • toymaker • Toys
• ISBN-10: 1-78870-087-2 / 1788700872
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78870-087-0 / 9781788700870