Toy Design - Fashion Institute of Technology

Toy Design from Fashion Institute of Technology is a Campus Bachelor Design degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Toy Design at FIT: Fun follows function There are 67 million kids in North America, and annual toy sales top $24 billion ($67 billion worldwide). Translation: Tremendous opportunity for creative, well prepared, socially responsible designers who produce toys that respect and honor children. In this program, you'll learn to create safe toys that entertain, educate, and inspire kids, from infants to 'tweens. In an environment that simulates a toy-industry facility?including a high-tech workshop with a professional model-making shop and a product library of toy catalogues, games, stuffed animals, and toys?you'll study child development and psychology, design and engineering of hard and soft toys, game design , model making, product materials, and safety considerations. You'll create three-dimensional renderings using industry-standard computer applications. And you'll understand the business of toys, from manufacturing to branding and promotion. Courses are taught by industry professionals in a team-teaching format that simulates an on-the-job, cooperative design environment. Students become so immersed in the industry that even before graduation many have designed toys that are already on store shelves. In this program, you'll: Learn from industry leaders at weekly meetings with CEOs and executives. Gain real-world experience through an internship at a major toy company, such as Disney, Fisher-Price, Spin Master, ALEX, Hasbro, Mattel, LEGO Systems, Nickelodeon, and Toys R Us. Nearly 50 percent of graduates are hired by the companies that sponsor them as interns. View more details on Fashion Institute of Technology . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Design courses.