Metaproject , the student challenge created by designer and Rochester Institute of Technology professor Josh Owen, is back again for another round. Last year’s focus was on using glass in partnership  with the  Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) , but this year, Owen partnered up with hip New York-based company Areaware to present the students with the challenge of working primarily with wood and creating contemporary wooden toys geared toward adults. Areaware, who distributes some of Owen’s own designs , has had great success with its wooden products, like David Weeks’ jointed toys . Throughout the semester, students researched wood and examples of culturally specific historical and contemporary toys to define the meaning of Universal Toy.

Read the original post:
Metaproject 03: Areaware Wooden Toys