Tonner Doll Company

Tonner Doll Company, Inc. is een bedrijf voor collectible doll-ontwerpen en -distributie in Kingston, New York. Tonner Doll werd in 1991 opgericht door Robert Tonner en ontwerpt en verkoopt originele poppenlijnen en een aantal gelicentieerde poppen voor films zoals Harry Potter, Spider-Man 3 en Twilight. 

Hoofdvestiging: Kingston, New York, Verenigde Staten
Oprichter: Robert Tonner
Opgericht: 1991

Soort bedrijf: Privately held company

Vertaald uit het Engels-Integrity Toys is een speelgoedbedrijf dat mode- en celebrity-poppen en aanverwante accessoires ontwerpt en op de markt brengt, met de nadruk op high-end modepoppen. Integrity Toys is in 1995 opgericht door Percy Newsum. 

Robert Tonner
Robert Tonner’s early interest in creating immaculately detailed drawings led to a career in fashion.  After graduating from Parsons School of Design, Tonner was hired by Bill Blass to design his Sportswear line, Blassport.  Throughout his 7th Avenue career, Tonner’s spin on modern American dressing continually caught the eye of the fashion world’s trend-spotters—his designs were frequently featured in Women’s Wear Daily, Town & Country, New York Magazine, the New York Times and Vogue.
Tonner’s long-time fascination with sculpting and doll art inspired him to try his hand at sculpting original figures.  In 1988, Tonner was asked to join the elite National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA).  During the years that followed, Tonner turned more of his attention to developing and perfecting his doll designs, eventually leaving 7th Avenue to start the Robert Tonner Doll Company, Inc. in 1991.
Tonner’s initial recognition came from many proprietary characters with their rich back stories and highly detailed clothing and accessories.  This recognition resulted in product being sold in some of the most exclusive retail stores in the world, such as FAO Schwarz, Saks Fifth Avenue and Harrods in London, just to name a few.
However, it wasn’t just his own character designs that gained notoriety.  His interest in modern pop-culture resulted in numerous licensing agreements with some of the world’s top companies such as Disney, Warner Brothers, DC, Sony and many more.  Harry Potter, Big Bang Theory, Twilight, Avatar, Superman, Spider-Man and Snoopy are just a few of the many characters that Tonner has brought to life in doll form.  That same fascination drove Tonner to also delve into the toy market.  Working with strategic partners he introduced lines such as Magic Attic, Little MissMatched, City Girls and Tween Scene.
The Tonner Doll Company has, over the years, been a generous supporter of various charitable causes with time, product and financial support for charities such as AmFAR, A Friends House, the SPCA, Health Alliance Hospital and Action on Addiction, among many others.
Tonner Doll Company currently offers a selection of licensed products with extensive distribution.  Robert Tonner’s newest venture, Phyn & Aero, offers a creative venues for Tonner to work with some of today’s most innovative new designers (both in fashion and doll design) including Andrew Yang and Ryan Roche.

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Andrew Yang

Is a doll artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles and New York. Growing up in Salt Lake City Utah, Yang made movies with his Barbies, and then later, saved his extra money to start collecting dolls. He was constantly drawing fairies, muses, and mermaids, and, inspired by his great-grandmother, actress Mary Astor, became heavily involved acting in local theater before transitioning to costume design where he got the chance to work in the atelier of the Utah Opera. After being told his work was more fashion than costume, he applied and was accepted to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where he moved sight unseen after graduating high school.
During his time at FIT Andrew worked for Proenza Schouler, and later went on to Dennis Basso, where he designed couture level evening wear for fashion week runways and a Madison Avenue clientele. But, he found himself wanting more out of his art, and realized one of his greatest joys was creating dolls. Impatient to begin, and lacking sculpting skills, Yang started making his dolls out of fabric. His early dolls were fantasy heroines in stories he wrote set throughout history, but it was when he dressed his dolls in designer runway fashions, that he was contacted by Vogue Magazine's Anna Wintour, who commissioned him to make 200 dolls for Barneys New York. The success of his first show and windows at Barneys led to several more retail and beauty collaborations with clients from all over the world and appearances in all the top fashion publications--from the Windows of Paris and London, and the bright lights of Shanghai, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and streets of New Delhi. His fabric fashion dolls became the must have items for celebrities like Beyonce, Lady Gaga, and Oprah as well the fashion set, creating custom pieces for Ricardo Tisci and Azzedine Alaia.
In 2013 he was contacted by entrepreneur Cristina Carlino, who commissioned Yang to create a stop motion music video for a brand they co-created together, iDollogy. This music video inspired Andrew to bring his dolls to a wider audience through storytelling and gave him the confidence to start working on different types of dolls and brands as a freelance doll and toy designer. In early 2016, Andrew partnered with Robert Tonner to create a doll in the likeness of Mary Astor, and was later invited to create an all new ball jointed fashion doll with Tonner's newest endeavor, Phyn & Aero.
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