When you’re in the business of inventing toys, you expose yourself to some brutal critics: kids. Columbus College of Art & Design alum Peter Wachtel (Industrial Design, 1990) can take it, even if he has to live with a couple of them and face others on national television.
Step 1 to a career as a toy designer: go to CCAD
Standout instruction recognized with Teaching Excellence Award
When he was 24 years old, Paitoon Ratanasirintrawoot made a list of the things he wanted to accomplish in his career:
From animation to roller coasters, CCAD grad does it all
Corey Favor (Illustration, 2003) and Marshall Shorts (Industrial Design, 2006) were hard at work in the professional world when they were struck by something: There were few, if any creative people of color at the professional conferences they were attending. “We visited several conferences and we were kind of like the only ones there — we thought that was kind of odd,” said Favor.
Creative Control Fest brings more voices to the conversation
