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Neutral Play

Traditionally gendered toys get a neutral makeover

Implications - As toy brands begin to more accurately represent the way in which gender is understood in today's modern age, a more neutral approach to kids' products is becoming popularized. Reflecting modern parents' desire to avoid limiting their children's interests, even the most traditionally gendered toys, like dolls, are seeing a transformation.
Workshop Question - How can your brand forgo stereotypes it may be associated with in order to offer a more neutral and overarching product/service?
Trend Themes
1. Gender-neutral Toys - As toy brands accurately represent gender in modern times, a move with a more gender-neutral approach for kids’ products is becoming popularized. Toy stores, educational craft subscriptions, and gender-neutral dollhouses are disruptive innovation opportunities.
2. Juvenile Maker Kits - The littleBits Electronics Gizmos & Gadgets Kit provides hours of customization and suits both boys and girls. Stimulating structural toys and gender-neutral toy ads also offer disruptive innovation opportunities.
3. Stimulating Structural Toys - The 'H Blocks' wooden block set stimulates the mind while working through daily tasks. Gender-neutral toys and juvenile maker kits also provide disruptive innovation opportunities.
Industry Implications
1. Toy Industry - The growth of gender-neutral toys, educational craft subscriptions and dollhouses presents opportunities for innovation in the toy industry.
2. Education Industry - The development of educational craft subscriptions and juvenile maker kits offers opportunities for innovation in the education industry.
3. Architecture and Design Industry - The design of gender-neutral toy stores and stimulating structural toys such as 'H Blocks' offer opportunities for innovation in the architecture and design industry.
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Educational Craft Subscriptions
Educational Craft Subscriptions
Green Kid Crafts' Activity Boxes Gift Smarts & Sustainability
From pen and papers to piles of toys, trying to keep a kid entertained can rack up a lot of environmental waste—but not the activity boxes from Green Kid Crafts. With a subscription, a child will... MORE
Gender-Neutral Dollhouses
Gender-Neutral Dollhouses
This Modular Dollhouse Collection Promotes Shared Play
This gender-neutral dollhouse collection encourages imaginative play for boys and girls. Finnish designer Janine Rewell created these seven houses, each with a different visual theme, with her niece... MORE
Stimulating Structural Toys
Stimulating Structural Toys
The 'H Blocks' Wooden Block Set is Suitable for Child or Adult Usage
Modern lifestyles are stress-filled, so the ‘H Blocks’ wooden block set is designed to help offer a way to stimulate the mind while working through daily tasks. Suitable for either... MORE
Gender-Neutral Toy Stores
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Shed Architects Designs Harrods Toy Kingdom for Both Boys & Girls
The new Harrods Toy Kingdom is the world’s first toy department that doesn’t discriminate between the sexes. A revolutionary retail concept that could change the way toys are sold to... MORE
Juvenile Maker Kits
Juvenile Maker Kits
The littleBits Electronics Gizmos & Gadgets Kit Enables Customization
There’s nothing better than enabling children to work and build something with their hands, which is exactly what the littleBits Electronics Gizmos & Gadgets Kit puts front and center.... MORE
play_circle_filled Gender Neutral Toy Ads
Gender Neutral Toy Ads
This Toy Commercial Focuses on Eliminating Childhood Gender Stereotypes
Food Retailer ‘Système U’ created this gender neutral toy ad that aims to eliminate the gender-based stereotypes associated with children and playthings. In order to create this ad, the... MORE

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