"We at MAD feel that the designs of today's Christmas toys reflect our warped aduld sense of values. We at MAD also feel that the success of today's Christmas toys exposes our basic insecurity as parents trying to buy the love of our children with material things. But mainly, we at MAD feel too cheap to spend that money on our kids! So here is our idea: Instead of nuclear physicists designing complicated costly toys, why not let kids design them? Children's drawings show simple, beautiful, joyous viewpoints that no grown-up can hope to capture. Here, then, is what we would be seeing..."#MADmagazine #ChristmasToys #toydesign #AlJaffee #LesterKraus
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Apropos MAD Magazine:
If Kids Designed Their Own Christmas Toys
From the They Drew What They Wanted Department: January 1963 issue of MAD Magazine. Way long before all these "I drew this based on kid drawings" projects. Story and models by Al Jaffee, photos by Lester Krauss.
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