Antonio Vitali (1909–2008)

Antonio Vitali wooden toys
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Antonio Vitali (1909–2008) was a Swiss toy designer
and maker known for creating handmade wooden toys in
the 1940s and 1950s. In addition to his own workshop in
Zurich, Switzerland, he also had a long relationship as toy
designer with the U.S. toy company, Creative Playthings.

Vitali produced hand carved, carefully rounded toys that
evolved from his observation of how his own children play:

'Good Educational toys stimulate the child towards creative play.
In play, the child immerses itself in a dream world created by its
own fantasy. In play, the child makes its experiences and stimulates
its thoughts to help it understand what happens in its environment.
The child lives first in an emotional world, with its desires, delights,
and dislikes. There are two types of thinking: the creative imaginary
and the observing logical. Both are stimulated in child's play. Good
toys have to contain the possibility for the child to develop
emotionally and intellectually'
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Antonio Vitali. Distributed
by Creative Playthings toy company, 1965
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Creative Playthings was an educational toy store and c
atalogue that was established by Frank and Theresa Caplan
in 1945. The goal of Creative Playthings was to provide simple
and beautifully designed toys to promote a child’s
creativity and imagination
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Antonio Vitali for 'Creative Playthings'
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Hand-carved wooden figures, dollhouse
and furniture by Antonio Vitali
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An animal carved in the
most beautiful organic style
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