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Stacking Wooden Toys

The Wandering Workshop Challenges Toddlers in a Stylish Nautical Way

— September 6, 2014 — Life-Stages
There are stacking wooden toys and then there are stylish stacking wooden toys. This boat-themed one definitely falls in the latter category. As chic as it is challenging, parents will love it as much as their children. Especially if the rest of the home embraces a blue palette or is even nautical itself.

Made up of five simple shapes, this particular stacking wooden toy was designed by Athina and Jose of The Wandering Workshop, an Etsy shop based in Nio, Greece. Three of the shapes are meant to represent waves while the final two make up the boat itself. Since the forms are fairly irregular, the toy ensures that there is a good level of focus as well as creativity required to play with it.
Trend Themes
1. Stylish Stacking Wooden Toys - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a line of aesthetically pleasing stacking wooden toys for modern, design-conscious parents.
2. Nautical-themed Toys - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a range of nautical-themed toys that engage and entertain children while enhancing their knowledge of marine life.
3. Irregular-shaped Toys - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design toys with irregular shapes that promote problem-solving skills and encourage creative thinking.
Industry Implications
1. Toy Manufacturing - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporate sustainable materials and eco-friendly practices in the production of wooden toys to attract environmentally conscious consumers.
2. Home Decor - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a line of nautical-themed home decor items inspired by boat-shaped stacking toys to appeal to interior design enthusiasts.
3. Educational Toys - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a series of irregular-shaped educational toys that combine play and learning to foster children's cognitive development.
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