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Design / Mattiene: Retrospective-Kaleidoscope

Design / Mattiene: Retrospective-Kaleidoscope from Mattiene-Arienne Moustakas IDSA

Design / Mattiene: Retrospective-Kaleidoscope

Mattiene-Arienne Moustakas / Unique and Comprehensive Product Design & Development Professional.
DESIGNER-INVENTOR-DEVELOPER-WORDSMITH.
With a heritage of Greco-Venetian & Scots-Irish, offering a "Kaleidoscopic" range of unique "Form-Vocabulary-Aesthetics" to take flight.

Presented here is a selection of samples, gleaned from my ever-expanding files of concepts, marketed products, and graphics, with multiply earned Design & Mechanical Patents. The end-result is a diverse,"YANKEE-EURO-STYLISTIC" of inventions, designs, and inventively contrived engineering, augmented with "Verbal-Reflections" for each visual image.

This "Mini-Retrospective" of works is "Prologue", in an on-going repertoire of my work. Now in process of development, are concepts, in anticipation as to what new orchestrations might emerge. It's always a surprise to see such things, as I'm a firm believer that "SOMETIMES THE BRAIN HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN".

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PRODUCED PRODUCT: "WATERWORKS", THE LEAKY-PIPE CARD GAME. AT TOP, A CONDENSED TRAVEL VERSION, WITH PAPERBOARD WRENCHES REPLACING THE REAL BRASS ITEMS. AT LOWER RIGHT IS THE UPDATED PRODUCT, CONTINUING WITH THE THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC BATHTUB, AND BRASS WRENCHES. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE FOR PARKER BROTHERS GAMES. NOW MARKETED THROUGH "WINNING MOVES".

"Shout-Out" Cadence Game: Players select numbered "Paddles", and in turn, strike them as they call out "Nonsense Words", as written on randomly dealt "Word-Cards". When "paddles" are struck, "White Flags" move upwards from horizontal positions, to vertical positions, resting upon Center Upright Form. Object is to keep momentum flowing at a measured pace, without missing a beat. Game may be in neutral colors, as shown, or molded in multi-hues.

PRODUCED PRODUCT: "QUBIC": TOTALLY REDESIGNED / ENGINEERED STRUCTURE FROM 16 DOWN TO 6 ASSEMBLY PIECES, FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIC-TAC-TOE GAME. IN TYPICAL "MATTIENE" AESTHETIC STYLE. FORM-REFLECTIVE PACKAGE DESIGN BY JOHN MACMAHON. PATENTED. MARKETED BY PARKER BROTHERS.

PRODUCED PRODUCT: "CATCH-UP" / FISHING GAME: FISH ARE PLACED OFF-BOARD NEAR BOAT'S HULL. PLAYERS MANIPULATE TWO ENDS OF FISHING LINE ATTACHED TO THEIR HOOK WHICH WILL CATCH AND RAISE FISH TO THE MAST "FOR DRYING". THE FIRST PLAYER TO HOOK AND HANG ALL THEIR FISH FIRST, WINS THE GAME. ( I KNOW IT'S SOMEWHAT STRANGE TO EXPLAIN, BUT I THINK YOU'LL GET THE GIST ). MADE OF INJECTION-MOLDED PARTS. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE FOR CBS / CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS. *PATENTED.

Produced Parker Brothers Game: "DOG-GONE": Dog Catcher's truck moves clockwise, and player's selected dog or dogs in opposite direction, as per dual-spinner in center of board. Object is for first player to remain with at least one dog "free" on the board.

Parker Brothers "Dog-Gone" Fun dog-catcher game, showing catcher's truck in background, Invented and Designed by Mattiene.

DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL: "QUAKE"- GAME: WITH CARDS DRAWN SHOWING SPHERE-PATTERNS TO BE ACHIEVED, PLAYERS ATTEMPT TO SCORE POINTS, WHILE DESTOYING OPPONENTS PATTERNS. MOVING PLAYING SURFACE IS ACTIVATED BY PULLING BACK ON THE FLEXIBLE STALK-MOUNTED POD-SECTIONS, TO CAUSE STACCATO-MOTION EFFECT. CREATION OF DESIGN / MATTIENE.

First rough sketch for "Wish-Bone Game" concept: Stored in the base of the "Turkey", are a designated number of "Wishbones" to be added to the structure, until all the players' "wishes" collapse. Final product will have multi-colored wishbones, for each player, and any number of players may participate. High-impact plastic components.

DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL: "SLOLOM" CHILD DEXTERITY GAME / SOLITAIRE EXECUTIVE DESK TOY. FLEX SEGMENTS TO ACHIEVE SMOOTH TRAVEL OF TOP OR BALL BEARING, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. CREATION OF DESIGN / MATTIENE.

DEVELOPMENTAL HAND-SKETCH-CONCEPT: "PENNY-PINCHER" GAME: COINS, DISCS, ETC, ARE DROPPED INTO TOP SLOT. THEN SPRING-LOADED HALVES OF TOWER ARE QUICKLY PUSHED CLOSED TO TRAP COINS IN DESIRED CLEAR CELLS, NUMBERED ONE TO FIVE. IT TAKES A QUICK REACTION TO "TRAP" COINS. PLAYERS ARE GIVEN CARDS ON WHICH TO PLACE COINS FOR SCORING. FIRST PLAYER TO FILL ALL CARD'S SPACES, WINS. CLEAR POLYCARBONATE AND OPAQUE STYRENE PARTS. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

DEVELOPMENTAL HAND-SKETCH-CONCEPT: LOLLI-POP POKER. TWO SETS OF THREE DUAL-SIDED DISCS, ENCLOSED IN PODS, ARE PULL BACK ON FLEXIBLE "STALKS", AND SNAPPED AGAINST CENTER WALL, WITH THE GOAL TO LINE UP THREE-IMAGES / CHARACTERS IN-A- ROW. (THE FLEXIBLE-STALK PARADIGM PROVED SUCCESSFUL IN THE CREATION OF THE "QUAKE" GAME). A CREATION OF DESIGN / MATTIENE.

"Bean-Bag-Battle-Bar": Hand-Sketch. By placing the four-paddled spinner at center threaded-rod, opponent's bean-bags are tossed, or thrown, at the paddles, in attempt to drive spinner to either end of designated goal position. Ten "Victory Battles" wins game.

Hand-Sketch - A variation of the threaded-rod game. "Horse-Race". In this design, threaded rod is grooved to accommodate "Horse-Cards". Players strike green "horse show" with colored "riding crops", which drive horse-cards to either end, for scoring rounds.

Hand-sketch: "Bean-Bag-Bus" Pull Toy. Flip the lip and toss the bean bags. One of a series of Mattiene's dual-purpose play-activities. Can be produced in high-impact styrene. To stabilize movement as bags' impact bus "bins", a wheel-clicker movement may help resist any unwanted left or right movement, which may "throw-off" players' perfect aim!

"This-End-Up" Warehouse Strategy Game: Each player must move their colored crates from one side of warehouse floor to the opposite side. Each player has three crates, moving one flip in any direction for each number up on the thrown die, on each turn. First player to move all assigned crates successfully, is declared the winner. The strategy is to move players' crates, in route to destination, while blocking other players positive movements..

Concept Hand-Sketch: "Guess Who": Drop character coins into question-mark in any particular order, then guess which one will drop out first...a fun memory game for one or more players. "Tweazers": A self-contained table and travel activity. Multiple, diverse subject, photo"mini-puzzles" can be assembled into center recess, using magnifier and tweaser (thus the name - teaser / tweaser).

"Topsy-Dorby" Patent Sketch: The Derby in inverted, and players toss rings into the hat, hoping to avoid their ejection. First player's color-coded rings still in the derby wins. High-Impact plastic. *Patented.

"Topsy-Derby" spinning top game: Production product, with differentiated color choices. High-Impact plastic. *Patented.

Hand-built prototype: "Fire-One" / Five Feet of Fun: Perhaps one of Mattiene's most sophisticated games, involving pneumatic-engineering. Object is for players is to "pump" bellows at either end, driving the enclosed missile, in a clear tube, back and forth, in "Tug-of-War" fashion, to reach opposite end, which raises that flag, and rings the bell. Each "successful" destination, reaching the opposing end, is recorded by turning the "scoring collars" at each player's end. Player who scores ten successful scorings, wins the game. Game was televised, with commercial filmed in Greece. Patented.
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Final Production Coloration - "FIRE-ONE" - "Five- Feet-of -Fun". At top, early patent drawing. At bottom, final production colorations. *Patented.

PRODUCTS PRODUCED: "HAND-HELD AMUSERS QUARTET": A SET OF FOUR PRE-SCHOOL TOYS: 1 - "CALL-UP CHARACTERS" A READOUT ILLUSTRATION OF CHARACTER TO CALL , WITH AN OLD-STYLE PHONE DIAL TO REACH THEM. 2 - "SPOONY-TUNE" RATTLER, WITH ENCLOSED PLASTIC SPHERES FOR A PLEASANT SOUND. 3 - "MAKE-A-FACE", WITH THREE FACIAL SEGMENTS, CREATING 216 POSSIBLE FACE COMBINATIONS. 4 - "CHERRY-TREE" RATTLER, WITH ENCLOSED PLASTIC SPHERES. ALL MADE IN DURABLE, HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE FOR CBS / CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS.

"Peek and See" Baby-Toy: Hand-held amuser. Child spins yellow wheel which stops at any one of eight characters, which may be view by raising red "tamboured" door. He / She can then "mimic" character's expression in the safely attached polished steel mirror. A 'jingle bell" in the handle is a bonus, when toy is shaken.

PRODUCED PRODUCTS: "MONKEY-SEE / MONKEY DO": A FUN HAND-HELD TOY WHERE CHILD TURNS THE SIDE DIAL TO SEE THE EXPRESSION OF THE TOP MONKEY. HE / SHE THEN TRIES TO IMITATE THAT EXPRESSION IN THE (SAFELY TRAPPED) POLISHED STEEL MIRROR. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.........."DUAL-SIDED CRIB AND PLAYPEN AMUSER": ATTACHED TO RAILS OF A CRIB OR PLAYPEN, CHILD KICKS OR PUSHES UNIT, WHICH ROTATES WITH A CLICKING SOUND, MAKING TRAPPED COLORED MARBLES RACE AROUND THE PERIPHERAL TRACK. ONE SIDE HAS A SERIES OF HIGHLY REFLECTIVE RELIEF FORMS, WHILE THE REVERSE SIDE HOLDS A POLISHED STEEL MIRROR. SUSPENSION STRAPS HOLD UNIT FIRMLY TO SIDES OF CRIB OR PLAYPEN. HIGH QUALITY CLEAR POLYPROPYLENE. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE FOR CBS / CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS. *Patented.

"Doodle-Desk-Design-Center": A place for all writings, doodles and design projects. A compact inclined -surface for sketching, coloring, painting, with the tools to make it happen. Integrated "bins" for pencils, chalk, crayons, dry-marks, and a plastic "quill" Bic-Pen holder. The working surface is a chalk-board, and lifts to reveal a spacious cavity to store paper, drawings and other project needs. Easy moved from one place to another. All in durable plastic. *Patented.

Hand-sketch concept of "ALL-IN-ONE DESIGN STUDIO": incorporates a comfortable seat, storage wells for drawing and painting tools, a chalkboard which flips over to create a smooth work and writing surface, a peg-board, an upright drying / display rack, with integrated side-tension grips for finished work. Made of aluminum bracing, with large polypropylene components

"BANJO-BAND": A musical-combo, in a single unit. The front side offers clickers, a two-tone whistle, a strummer, and tambourine. Made of high-impact styrene with aluminum tambourine discs. *Patented.

"BANJO-BAND": A musical-combo in a single unit. Here is the reverse side, with even more sounds to create. The inclusion of a multi-contoured "Wash-Board" design, with a natural-wood agitator, to "excite" those surfaces, complete the rhythmic experience. High-impact plastic. *Patented.

PROTOTYPE-PRODUCT: BATTERY-DRIVEN ELECTRONIC PIANO / ORGAN, WITH VIBRATO SWITCH. PATENTED CIRCUITRY. CREATED FOR CBS / CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS. *PATENTED.

Final Production Item, "Little Maestro" Piano-Organ. Design by Mattiene. Electronic circuitry by Lawrence Greenberg. *Patented.

"POUND-A-PEG" / "IT"S-A-STITCH": Using the hammer and nails from the preceding "toolbox - toy" design, two simple toys are created. Natural hardwood horizontal base and vertical upright, with die-cut polyethylene forms, create the straps for "Pound-A-Peg", and the geometric forms for "It's-A-Stitch".

"Traffic Jam" Pegboard: A spin-off of "Pound-a-Peg", using the peg base and hammer, with die-cut vehicle forms (and traffic cop) which may be arranged at will, to form infinite array of traffic scenarios. The black tires have holes in which to place black blow-molded "tire / nails".

Extending Television Metaphor: "NERF-NETWORK TV" a set of TV Broadcast Equipment - See-Through Camera. Microphone, and Earphones. All produced in 1st-Generation Nerf-Foam open-called polyurethane, with injection- molded detail. Camera logo is of printed, laminated, die-cut cardboard.

PRODUCED PRODUCT: "TV-NEWS CAMERA /TRUCK": A FORWARD-LOOKING CAMERA AND MIC-MAN RIDING ATOP A CONTEMPORARY MOBILE-TV-UNIT. THIS UNIQUE TOY NOW "FLIPS SCALE". IT INVERTS TO BECOME A HAND-HELD CAMERA, WITH RED HANDLE, AND POP-OUT GREEN MICROPHONE. TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS AND ADD REALISM, THE YELLOW CAVITY CONTAINS AN ACTUAL POLYCARBONATE REDUCING-LENS. ONE OF MATTIENE'S PERSONAL FAVORITE DUAL-PLAY TOYS. PATENTED. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE, FOR CBS / CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS. *PATENTED.

PRODUCED PRODUCT: "BLOCK FAMILY TV STUDIO. ROTATING BACKDROPS INCLUDE NEWS PROGRAM, SIT-COM, SPORTS PROGRAM, VARIETY SHOW, QUIZ SHOW, WEATHER SHOW, AND FAMILY DRAMA. FOR CBS / CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS.

"Block-Family" Summer-Fun at the beach. Includes dune-buggy, rowing boat, pickup with camper-back, and tow-hitch for pulling dune-buddy. "Block-Family" Ski-Outing Set, with skier's carrier, skis, and ski-slope-tower. *Patented.

PRODUCED PRODUCT ACCENTS: BLOCK FAMILY CHARACTER COMPONENTS: VIRTUALLY FABRICATED IN CLASSIC WOOD COMPONENTS, WITH DURABLE COATED PAPER LABELS, FAMILY MEMBERS "SPORT" FOUR SEASONED ATTIRE, TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF GROUP ACTIVITIES. THEIR POP-OUT HEADS REVEAL BOTH SMILEY AND FROWNING EXPRESSIONS TO FACILITATE ANY FAMILY SITUATION. CREATED FOR CBS / CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS. *PATENTED.

"Put-Together / Take-Apart Toolbox: fully assembled (put-together) construction plaything. *Patented.

"Put-Together / Take-Apart Toolbox": A construction and playtime toy, made of natural wood and blow-molded tools and components. Design and Engineering by Mattiene. *Patented.

"CLIMB-ABOARD EXERCISER": for playroom and child-care center. Horsehead "pop-in" can be replaced with vehicle steering wheel, airplane yoke and ship's wheel, for imaginary land, sea, air travel. With a graphic drapes, climber becomes a house, fort, and tunnel. It serves as a high chair, ladder, and exerciser. Made of natural wood, blow-molded, and indestructable "Structural-Plastic-Foam" supports. *Patented.

"Flip-Flop / Clip-Clops": A fun tracking item for the snow or at the beach. Just slide a shoe or bare foot into the reversible, solid plastic forms, and make the tracks of a duck foot or horse hoof in snow or sand. Final design strap would be adjustable to accommodate most kids shoe and foot sizes.

"TRIPLE-TRAVEL-TOY-TOTE": This natural collection of transportation toys, combines three forms of "getting from one place to another" - by land, sea, and air. A steering wheel and gear shift for land vehicles. A cockpit yoke and altitude control for air-flight. A ship's wheel with speed controller, and a communicator, to cross the seas. To top it off, the large center cavity is great for packing small toys, favorite reading materials, and needed craft-materials. All this is in a compact package, with no loose parts.

Hand-Concept-Sketch: "Flight-10: Aircraft number-sorter. The airplane's base has numbered slots, into which illustrated groupings of passengers fit, to achieve a full capacity flight. High-Impact plastic. See panel for sample of passenger groupings.

"Flight-10" Play Set Components: With stylized airplane base previously shown, here a samples of "numbered" passengers and groupings, to be slotted into plane's base. Illustrated passengers are printed, laminated, and die-cut from "credit-card-stock" material for extended play-durability. Toy Concept and Design of Plane Base by Mattiene. "Funky" Passenger illustrations by Dennis Hockerman, Mequon Wisconsin.

PRODUCED PRODUCT: "JET PILOT": INTERCHANGEABLE TRANSPARENT DISCS ROTATE AS JOY STICK IS PUSHED AND PULLED. DISCS SHOW SEVERAL CROSS-COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRIP ICONS. A LIGHT SOURCE ALLOWS FOR CLOSE AND DISTANT VIEWS OF ELEMENTS ON GROUND, TERMINATING IN A SOFT LANDING. PATENTED. CREATION OF DESIGN / MATTIENE FOR CBS / CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS.

"Jet Pilot" detail sheet, showing child-scale, and sample of transparent , interchangeable discs for cross-country and international flights. Design Direction by Mattiene. Final engineering by Douglas Cleminshaw. *Patented.

"Poster-Playthings": Series of mounted posters of actual photographic "backdrops", which spark basis for imaginative play. Here is "747 Cockpit " Photo, 48 inches wide, augmented by dimensional, tactile props, here being control "yokes" and microphone-communicator. Other poster-playthings for series: Spaceship Control Panel, and Submarine Periscope-Plus Controls. For table placement, or with extended supports, so that child may sit on floor, with legs stretched beneath.

Hand-Concept-Sketch: "Front-Wheel-Driver"- Airplane: As landing wheel turns, propeller rotates, and red beacon light flashes intermittently. High-impact and blow-molded components.

Concept Sketch: "Carry-On Cockpit". When closed, a wheeling plane. When open, an equipped cockpit replete with steering yoke, altitude control, and map pocket. Case made of living-hinge polypropylene, with blow-molded components.

Cultural / Geogaphic Play Villages: A total Mattiene redesign, from a third-party design. Animals of solid plastic, with injection-molded items, mounted on vacuum-formed, movable bases, complementing the cultures of Native Americans, Sub-Saharan Africans, and Eskimo Peoples. A cultural informational tri-fold sheet is included with each set.

"I -SPY" Counter: Excellent back-seat car / travel toy. Counts objects up to "99", and "zeroes-out" with the pressing of the "zero-button". Expandable Velcro-attached wrist band holds unit securely. Color shown here vanilla and caramel. Measures 2.25 inches in diameter.

"Votre-Maison": A tempered Masonite, easily-assembled Contemporary Villa with very special qualities. Six durable panels, and a slotted hardwood base. The interior is the unique feature. The full-furnishings of each room: Living, Dining, Bedroom, Kitchen and Bathroom, are "Fully-Integrated", single-vacuum-formed pieces, with no loose parts. Full-color adhering laminated "labels" define surface features: flooring, carpeting, wall decor, etc. Toy is designed as an alternative to many loose furniture-piece houses, which does not preclude playing with such, if purchased separately.

Contemporary "Mini-kitchen / Toybox": A total Redesign / Re-Engineered product, delivered "knocked-down", and easily assembled with 16 screws (driver included). Fabricated of natural hardwood, tempered Masonite, laminated MDF board, with plastic components. Sliding front doors, with mid-board shelf for smaller items. *Patented.

Contemporary "Kitchen / Toybox", showing open, removeable sections, for toy and game access. Design and Engineering by Mattiene. *Patented.

DEVELOPMENTAL HAND-SKETCH-CONCEPT: "BERT'S BARBER SHOP": "MUPPET" OR "SESAME STREET" FINGER PUPPETS ARE TAKING TIME OUT FOR NEEDED GROOMING. CHARACTERS ARE DECORATED ROTATIONALLY MOLDED VINYL. STRUCTURE IS OF HIGH-IMPACT STYRENE, WITH POLISHED STEEL MIRROR FOR REFLECTIVE REALITY. PLASTIC GROOMING TOOLS COMPLETE THE SET. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

Hand-Sketch: "BUSY-BARBER / BUSY SALON": With associated plastic styling tools: hair blower, shears, comb, clippers, etc., this five-patron head matrix simulates the diversity of clientele. This is the Male version. Skip to the next panel, to see typical female heads, which would "plug into" the five-prong matrix. Molded plastic, hair-plugs, and hair-flocking for "close-cuts".

"Busy Salon": Sketches of Female-patron heads, to be "plugged" into five-prong matrix. Implanted hair strands, as in typical doll-making, complements the rotationally-molded, and surface decorated vinyl heads.

First-Blush Rough Sketch for "ALPHA-ZOO Pull-Toy": Combining the elements of a molded plastic carriage, and printed, die-cut, laminated animal-cards, showing the first-letter-spelling of 26 animals, are loaded into the carriage, which can be fitted in only one way, due to the "graduated notch" in each card, which is matched to the "Transverse Spine", located at the base of the carriage. The opposite side of each card may further illustrate set of objects, other than Zoo-Animals, beginning with letters "A" through "Z". Further development being pursued.

DEVELOPMENTAL HAND-CONCEPT-SKETCH: "TATTLE-TALES" FRICTION- ACTIVATED VEHICLES, EACH WITH REFLECTIVE COMIC-STRIP STORY-LINES, PRINTED OF STURDY VINYL STRIPS, WHICH WHEN PULLED OUT, RETRACT AS VEHICLES ARE PROPELLED FORWARD. CREATION OF DESIGN / MATTIENE.

Hand-Concept-Sketch: "Front-Wheel-Driver" - Taxi: Blow-molded and injection-molded parts. Fare-flag clicks up and down, as does gear-shift. Horn activates by pressing pads of steering wheel.

Concept-Sketch: "Travel-Attache': Metro-Cab: when closed a push-toy. When open, a taxi dashboard, with steering wheel, clicking gear shift, movable far-flag, and cash box. Case made of living-hinge polypropylene, with blow-molded component parts.

"Whoa-Mickey": Freewheeling, lightly magnetized tracks to allow smooth descent, yet allow for continued tracking from top to bottom. Injection-molded tracks, with rotationally-molded vinyl-decorated "Mickey".

Concept Sketch: "MILLENIUM BUG": PULL THE FORWARD AND AFT SEGMENTS APART, TO "EXCITE" A SPRING-FRICTION DRIVE, WHICH PROPELS VEHICLE FORWARD. BALLOON-TYPE TIRES ALLOW FOR TRAVERSING LOW-LYING OBSTACLES, WITH LEFT AND RIGHT ARTICULATING MOTION. HIGH-IMPACT PLASTIC, WITH SPRING-MOUNTED AERIAL-BALL.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "RANDY AND ROSIE RIVOTERS": USING MULTI-COLORED VACUUM FORMED PLASTIC STRIPS, RANDY AND ROSIE PRESS THE BOSSES OF THE STRIPS TOGETHER IN ANY VARIETY OF WAYS TO FORM SPACE-FRAMES, STRUCTURES, ANIMALS ETC. RANDY AND ROSIE ARE MADE OF HIGH-IMPACT DECORATED PLASTIC. STRIPS OF VARIOUS LENGTHS ARE INCLUDED, AS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL STRIP-SETS FOR LARGER PROJECTS. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: FOOTBALL AND TEAM. POP OFF THE WHEELS, AND IT'S A SKINNED POLYURETHANE FOOTBALL. POP-IN TEAM PLAYERS ARE "BUMMING A RIDE", PREPARING FOR AN IMAGINARY SCRIMMAGE. ONE OF A SERIES OF "FLIP-SCALE" SPORTS TOYS. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "BASEBALL TEAM, BAT AND BALL", WITH THREE BASES AND HOME PLATE. BLOW-MOLDED BAT AND BALL, HIGH-IMPACT PLASTIC "WHEELS", AND VINYL DECORATED TEAM PLAYERS, WHICH "DISEMBARK" TO CREATE SIMULATED GAME-PLAY AS FINGER PUPPETS. ONE OF A SERIES OF "FLIP-SCALE" SPORTS TOYS FOR VERSATILE PLAY OPTIONS. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "MANHOLE-SPINNER": CHILD-SIZE ROTATING "MANHOLE" WITH CENTER SAFETY GRIP-POLE AND SUPPLEMENTAL STRAPS. MADE OF BLOW-MOLDED POLYPROPYLENE FOR DURABLE INDOOR / OUTDOOR PLAY. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "SIDEWALK WATER PAINTER": A STANDARD QUART-SIZE WATER-CAN, WITH VARIABLE-WIDTH FOAM BRUSHES, TOPPED OFF WITH LIKENESSES OF LICENSED CHARACTERS. INJECTION-MOLDED HANDLES. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

"FANCY-FOOT-LOOSE" Sand-and-Snow-Tracker: One of the strangest concepts ever entertained. But, why not...it's a toy!! Its an all-season, outdoor push-toy, which makes tracks with all sorts of foot-ware, and household items. Plastic components.

Concept Sketch: "Splish-Splash, Taking a Bath". The toy I wish I had when little. Suction against a tub or pool wall, all types of water-vessels meandering down the canal-shoot to their open-water destinations. Simple one-piece high-impact styrene channel.

Concept Sketch: "Next Patient": A great complement to existing doctor and nurse medical kits. Repositionable vinyl patient-heads allow for a wide demographic of ages, races, and genders. A turn of the red-crank, delivers the next-patient bedside. High-impact plastic.

"Emergency Van / Case / Medical Kit" 1: Case opens to reveal series of "patients", illustrated on die-cut, laminated cardboard, where stethoscope, syringe, bandages may be applied. See next panel for "living-hinge", open- case detail.

"Emergency Van / Case / Medical Kit" 2: Sample of patient, with tools for healing. Several diverse, folded, laminated "Patients" may be stacked within unit, printable on both sides. See preceding panel for exterior view, which includes patient height-tape. A contemporary advance on the design of traditional doctor and nurse medical kits.

"BEE-HIVE", aka "Beta-Hive": At first glance, a simple child's shape sorter. By extending the concept further, regardless of which language, or alphabet employed, the font-styles chosen can provide an infinite variety of shapes, to correspond with the voids in the hive. All plastic components. For non-Roman letters, as per example, Greek, Hebrew or Arabic, a whole array of forms may be presented. The same may be done for numerals, animal shapes, "bees", etc.

Concept Sketch: "Spaceport-Utopus": A lunar "pegboard" for plugging in space hardware. A later added deeper base-platform will facilitate loading surface components for easy collection and travel.

"Grover's Greasy-Spoon Diner": A finger-puppet "inside / Outside" play set. One of a series of in and out integrated buildings and businesses, where finger-puppets are the patrons. Structures are molded-plastic, with some die-cut cardboard components, and puppets are of rotationally-molded and decorated vinyl.

"Build-A-Picture": By sliding plastic stencil forms around, within the matrix of a molded-plastic frame, a great variety of picture may be created. Paper may be placed over the set-stencils to make rubbings with chalk, pastels or colored pencils, or under for tracing more defined compositions. All injection-molded components.

"Goodie-Cube": a six-sided box for home or travel with virtually no "loose" pieces. Side 1: A peg board with well for loose pegs. Side 2: A recess for any number and size of puzzle-pieces. Side 3: A magnetic boat-activity, with manipulating magnet, accessed through underside, using side 5 access-hand-hole. Side 4: Fishing Game With lake "surface", short fishing pole, and "fish" for testing "angler" dexterity Side 5: Integrated chalk-board / writing surface for personal artwork. Side 6: The afore-indicated "access-hole" for storing boats, puzzle-pieces, pegs, fish, pole, chalk , drawing supplies, and through which to manipulate magnetic boats.

Concept Sketches: "Soft-Music-Kazoos": With an invested stock plastic kazoo, these 3-inch thick, skinned polyurethane forms, complete the visual illusion for Mattiene's audio musical-performances. As illustrated: Clarinet, Tuba, French Horn, Trumpet and Saxophone.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "ENVIRO-TOY BOX": STYLED AS A SANITATION VEHICLE, THIS 'ETV" HAS LOTS OF STORAGE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED OBJECTS, A SCOOPER AND BRUSH, AND AN ARTICULATING "REAR-WHEEL DRIVE" FOR EASY MANEUVERABILITY. CREATION OF DESIGN / MATTIENE.

"BIG-FRONT" Vehicles Series: Shown here, "Big-Front-Bus", fabricated of corrugated, die-cut, printed polyurethane sheet, and foldable for movement and shipment. Other designs in series: Mack truck, police car, fire-truck, EMS van, school bus, plane cockpit, etc.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "HUNCH-CLIPPER" RIDER. WITH LEGS CROSSED AND LEANING FORWARD, RIDER SAILS ALONG ON THIS TRULY UNIQUE BLOW-MOLDED SIDEWALK CRAFT. IT IS STEERED, AND DRIVEN, BY "ARM-POWER", VERSUS "PEDAL-POWER". ( "Middle-aged Greek midget not included!" ) CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

"Sendsations" stationery line logotype, for a unique line of note papers and greeting cards for Freelance Inc. This verbal and visual concept was created simultaneously, as many cohesive image-making devices must necessarily do, to come to life.

"SendSations" origami-inspired note and letter line display. Vacuum-form display unit, for counter-top customer perusal and access.

A few sample designs for "SendSations" stationery line. When folded, a small, intimate writing surface for personal greetings. When unfolded, reverse side of designs open to an 8.5 X 11 inch standard sheet size for extensive letter writing.

"The HUMANE Association of Central New York" proposed logo / signage, for staff badges, stationery and promotion. Colors may vary with seasonal adaptation.

CONCEPTUAL LOGO PROGRAM: "VOTRE-COUTURE" LOGO: THE "V-C" LOGO ( SYMBOL OF THREAD-NEEDLE-BUTTON ) IS PROPOSED FOR SERIES OF STORES, OFFERING SEMI-FINISHED TAILORED APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN. LOGO WOULD APPEAR IN VARIOUS HUES, APPROPRIATE IN STORE SIGNAGE, APPAREL, STATIONERY, AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL. PUBLISHED IN USE. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE..

Schematic "Votre Couture", "A Style of Your Own", Plan "A" store-front elevation, for limited frontage allowance, exhibiting "En-Route" men's apparel line and "Femme-Elan" women's line.

Schematic "VOTRE COUTURE" store frontage elevation Plan "B", for extended frontage, allowing for inclusion of left and right auxiliary wings, for display of "Je T'Adore" Jewelry Designs and "Parfum-Personale" proprietary-brands fragrances.

PRODUCED LOGO: "NERVO", CORPORATE SYMBOL OF "CENTRAL NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE SURGERY", AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC ENTITY, WITH SUGGESTIVE LIMBIC NERVE NETWORK, WHERE ARMS AND LEGS ARE PRINCIPALLY AFFECTED, REQUIRING SURGICAL REMEDY TO RELIEVE NERVE COMPRESSION, OFTEN A CONCOMITANT ONSET OF ADVANCED STAGES OF DIABETES. FULL GRAPHIC PROGRAM WITH REFLECTIVE "NERVO" CHARACTER, BY DESIGN / MATTIENE. (see next panel for hue reversals)

Tri-Fold Mailable Brochure for CENTRAL NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE SURGERY.

Seasonal coloration alternative to "Nervo" logo, suitable for black substrate material.

Created for CENTRAL NEW YORK PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, the following logo and its extension connote the aspects of "Rejuvenation" and "Exaltation". A sole symbol would grace office signage, stationery, nurse-scrubs, privacy curtains, and wall-tiles. Seasonal color choices would be exercised to provide a continual freshened outlook, as per next panel.

FIRST DESIGN OF 25 CAKE-DECORATING KITS. REUSABLE PLASTIC-COATED, DIE-CUT PAPER ELEMENTS COMPLETE THE ILLUSION. A SEPARATE CUPCAKE PLAN IS INCLUDED FOR THE TRADITIONALIST WHO STILL HAVE NEED TO MOUNT BLOW-OUT CANDLES.

AN EXTENSION TO THE CAKE DECOR LINE, HERE ICING TWO HALVES OF A ROUND CAKE, AND COATED PAPER DIE-CUT ELEMENTS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF A BMX BIKE RACE. A SEPARATE CUPCAKE WILL MOUNT THE DESIRED NUMBER OF CANDLES.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT : HARLEY-DAVIDSON'S CLASSIC "CHOPPER" OVAL-MEDALLION PRESENTATION BOX. VACUUM-FORMED AND FLOCKED CAVITIES HOLD INGOTS SECURELY FOR SURFACE OR WALL DISPLAY. ENAMELED HARLEY CREST ADORNS CENTER. CYCLES MODELS ARE SHOWN IN RELIEF ONE ONE SIDE, WITH SPECS , DATES OF INTRODUCTION, AND TERM OF MANUFACTURE FOR EACH MODEL. ALL HOUSED IN FINELY FINISHED CHERRY WOOD CASE. FOR THE FRANKLIN MINT, FRANKLIN CENTER, PA. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "INTERNATIONAL BOY SCOUT POCKET KNIVES": ONE OF A SERIES OF COMMEMORATIVE COLLECTIBLES, EACH WITH A RELEVANT NORMAN ROCKWELL PRINT ON THE HANDLE, WITH A LINE OF THE BOY SCOUT CREED, AND BOY SCOUT "SYMBOL" , PARTNERED WITH THE APPROPRIATE "MERIT BADGE" ON EACH HILT. FABRICATED WITH STAINLESS STEEL BLADES, RAISED ENAMELED ESCUTCHEONS, AND QUALITY ABS POLISHED PLASTIC. CREATED FOR THE FRANKLIN MINT, FRANKLIN CENTER, PA. BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

Star-Trek Anniversary-Commemorative Pewter Mug. Design by Mattiene. Engraving by Franklin Mint staff artist.

Concept Sketch: "Porsche-Design-Inspired" All-Arm Alarm Clock: Upright ABS base has three-inch depth for secure balance, and conceal lithium battery. Base and arm extremities have colored end-bands, illuminated by L.E.D.s, to facilitate viewing in low lighting. Design may be scaled as desired for surface or wall mounting.

Concept Sketch: "Porsche-Design-Inspired": Round logo customer-premium clock. Here, Mercedes logo / escutcheon graces the lithium-powered desk clock, shown in front and size elevation. As with all clock in series, case in made of quality ABS plastic.
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DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL: ANGLED VIEW OF "CLOCK-AMERICA", SHOWING RED BREAK ON BEZEL EDGE, TO BE MOVED IN LINE WITH PERSON'S CURRENT CITY-TIME-ZONE-LOCATION, BEFORE TURNING DIAL TO CHECK ON OTHER LOCATIONS. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

"Scribble-Scroll": A center-stage desk accessory "bauble", for rapid messaging, note-taking and doodling. Center "sphere" holds role of adding machine paper, while simulated "quill-feather" holds replaceable Bic-pen. Serrated edge of sphere allows for convenient tear-off. Made of ABS plastic. *Patented.

"TacTiles" personal bulletin and office tack-boards. This contemporary line was developed with a minimal material waste of felt and cork coverings on inexpensive "Homosote" fibrous sheet.

PRODUCED PRODUCT: STACKABLE, VARIABLE NIB-SIZED ART-TAPE DISPENSERS, IN A WIDE VARIETY OF COLORS. TAPE IS DISPENSED AT 90 DEGREES TO THE COILED OR STORED POSITION, WHICH CREATES JUST ENOUGH TENSION, FOR APPLICATION OF STRAIGHT "TAUT" LINES, OR IN MAKING PRECISE CURVES WHERE DESIRED. PATENTED. DEVELOPED FOR LABELON CORPORATION. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE. *PATENTED.

PRODUCED PRODUCT: "CLIP-MARKS": WITH A FASCINATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF PRINTED AND LAMINATED CREDIT CARD STOCK, THIS WAS ALMOST A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. A LINE OF 24 THEMATIC SURFACE DESIGNS, IN STRIPS OF 6 IMAGES EACH, SCORED FOR EASY SNAP-APART. CONCEPT PATENTED. DEVELOPED FOR FREELANCE INC., PHILADELPHIA. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE. *PATENTED.

"Jot-It" Wrist-Minders: Padded, diversely illustrated, and end-tipped with light glue, for easy removal. Reminders can "loop" attaches, suitcases, phone receivers, door-knobs, and or course, wrists, so that forgetfulness is no longer an excuse! Pads are packaged in clear acetate containers, for easy hanging display. Marketed by Universal Press Syndicate, Kansas City.

CONCEPTUAL MODEL: "OCTOLITE", A PRECURSOR TO THE PRODUCED AN MARKETED "LIGHT-HORSE" WHICH FOLLOWS. ITS DESIGN IS SLEEKER, LESS "UTILITARIAN" THAN IN ITS FINAL MANIFESTATION, AND DEVELOPED AS A POSSIBLE EVENTUAL UPGRADE OR REPLACEMENT FOR "LIGHT-HORSE". DESIGNED FOR ABS PLASTIC, WITH MORE STYLISH INBOARD SWITCH (rather than externally cord-integrated). ENGINEERED, DEVELOPED, AND PATENT APPLIED-FOR, CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

"LIGHT-HORSE" 7-Position High-Intensity Lamp. Counter-weighted in any position, molded in GE -Lexan material, capable of withstanding temperatures upwards of 230 degrees, for extended periods. Comes in variety of colors. *Patented.

Concept Sketch: "Le Goose" Utility Lamp: An offshoot of "Light-Horse", a workbench partner for special projects and precise work, this high-intensity goose-neck adaptation, with Mattiene's signature octagonal base is called into service. Patent-pending.

"BOOKTRAP": Buillding upon the octogon-design desk-accessory of "Light-Horse", this companion product is created. This mere seven-ounce book and CD holder, can hold, and move, four feet of "cargo" without slippage, all due to a spring-loaded tension design which traps the load between the octagon-faceted form, and the trapezoidal upright.. Mattiene granted first U.S. *Patent for book-end or book-holder design since 1892.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT 1: "PEG VALLEY 1": A SACKFUL OF TOPOGRAPHIC POLYSTYRENE LANDFORMS, AND SURFACE ADORNMENTS SUGGESTING A HUMAN HABITATION, SNAPPED TOGETHER WITH PROTRUDING "TABS", THAT MAY BE ARRANGED AND JUXTAPOSED, TO FORM AN INFINITE VARIETY OF COHESIVE "LANDSCAPES", TO BE "POPULATED" WITH PLASTIC TREES, AIRPORTS, MARINAS, BUILDINGS, HOUSES, CELL TOWERS, BOATS, ETC., COMPLEMENTED WITH VINYL-SHEET ROADS AND WATERWAYS, TO BE SPANNED BY BRIDGES. NUMEROUS SACKFUL SETS MAY BE COMBINED AND EXTENDED TO FORM LARGE HABITABLE AREAS. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "PEG-VALLEY" 2: SHOWN HERE WITH PROJECTED STRUCTURES, ROADS, VEGETATION, AIRFIELD, BRIDGES, AND SUPPLEMENTAL VEHICLES. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

Mattiene's Design and Scale Model for M.I.T. Technology-Square, Integrated Concrete Surface / Subsurface Structure for Joint NSA / DoD "Remote Viewing" Training & Analysis Compound.

"HINGE-HAMLET": Design your own village, round the block, or in two-stories. Plastic frames allow for storefronts and buildings to be inserted, while natural wood hinge-pins connect the units. Some inserted graphic panels have cut-outs, for vehicles to enter. The panels may have completed graphics, or just outlines, so that the details may be colored-in. Toy vehicles, sized to scale, may be included, along with pedestrian stand-ups.

"89th National Bank" three-foot coin bank: One of a series of 36 inch tall printed foam-core, foldable banks, illustrated with "funky graphics". Concept & structural design by Mattiene. Graphics by Nancy Duel. Many also be produced in tin, at 18 inches in height, perhaps with each side, depicting a different structure or geologic formation: Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, Mount Everest, et al.

Concept Sketch: "Mache' Mason": A modular set of multi-colored, nesting, lightweight, paper-mache' building blocks for any number and design of structures, that may be used as stand-alone structures, as a complements to other toy collections. As illustrated, they may be juxtaposed in any number of ways, and connected securely with round-clips. The rough architectonic, stone-like texture of each module allows for constructing, without much chance of collapsing.

SMALL TOWN, CITY SQUARE &amp; CAMPUS "POST 9-11" MILITARY MEMORIAL. FOUR PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE FORMS BOLT TOGETHER TO FORM RAMPS WHICH ENCLOSE SMALL ATRIUM, CONTAINING REFLECTIVE POOL, WITH BRASS MARKERS OF THE FALLEN. THE SELECTED SAPLING SYMBOLIZES ETERNAL VIGILANCE AND ENDURANCE.

"POST 9-11" MILITARY MEMORIAL AS VIEWED WITH EVENING & NIGHT-TIME ILLUMINATION.

Fragrance Packaging Concept Sketch: Mixed materials. Glass or Crystal Orb-Vials, encased in Architectonic Onyx ABS plastic, for ultra sophisticated female clients.

DEVELOPMENTAL SKETCH-CONCEPT: "BUBBLESQUE" DECANTERS, OF BLOWN OR MOLDED GLASS, IN VARIOUS LUSCIOUS TONES. FORM IN VARIOUS SIZES, SUITABLE FOR WINE REFILL, OR AS PARFUM PRODUCT LINE. CREATED BY DESIGN / MATTIENE.

Fragrance Concept, "AROMA-SERA": Delicate "dancing" feminine-form series rendered in molded glass or blown crystal, in a variety of hues, dependent upon allowable cost-margin structure.

"BYZANTA" Fragrance Decanters Concept: Made of molded or blown-glass, the feminine filigree connotes the eclecticism of the Byzantine Period.

"Erin-Isle" Irish Fragrance Decanters, adorned with Celtic strapwork, reflective of The Book of Kells. May be produced in glass or Waterford Crystal.

"AMI-Va" Male spritzer deodorant decanter line, comprised of variety of scents. By squeezing "trigger", squirting a small stream targets desired area.

"AMORPHOS": Squeeze "Spritz-Fragrance" for men. By pressing center-recess, fine mist is ejected at targeted areas. Refillable. Body of glossy ABS plastic.

"Corporate Wall-Art" 1: Each piece measuring about 48 inches in width, suitable for executive offices or corporate lobby, assemblage pieces are based on tempered Masonite, and covered with varietal textures, fabrics, paint, etc.

"Corporate Wall-Art" 2: Each piece is about 48 inches in width, based on an assemblage of tempered Masonite, and covered / layered varietal textures, fabrics, and paint. Pieces represent a personal philosophical aspect of Mattiene.