Gumminæse (2020)
Gumminæse is an indoor toy concept specifically developed to open some doors at the hippest Danish toy manufacturers. It is a carrier on wheels doubling as a ride-on toy for 3-6 years olds. Inspired by the well-known Danish train, the IC3 “Gumminæse”, the toy’s design carries on some of the original’s quirks, like the distinctive rubber bumpers on both ends of the train, and the indented facia. Unlike the real thing, this toy version is mostly made of laminated plywood and complies with the EN 71-1 standard.
MagicMe Accessible Playground Project (2015)
MagicMe was a small group of designer and architect parents of disabled kids. They assembled to design and create accessible playgrounds. I volunteered to help them reach that goal. My task was to create CAD models based on loose hand-drawn sketches.
Tucan (2009)
Developing for kids is always exciting. The mixture of being liberated by playful design and being highly restricted by regulations is something that always intrigued me. Not to mention the challenges that arise when you have children as your users – believe me, your job as a user-integrating product developer just got a whole lot more exciting!
For these reasons, I was always happy to participate in development projects with kids in the focus. These projects include a few wooden toy designs from my bachelor years. First of them was Tucan, the wooden digger toy.
Big-O (2009)
Big-O was my second, more ambitious (possibly too ambitious) wooden toy project. Big-O was a fully functional ride-in toy prototype. Propelled by a friction drive system, it was a slow but robust vehicle.