Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with toy company Papafoxtrot to give readers a chance to win one of twenty wooden models of iconic unmanned spacecrafts orbiting the Earth.

Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won

Above: Speckt-R satellite model

The five different models depict the following satellites:

» Speckt-R – orbital radio telescope
» ORS-1 – American reconnaissance satellite
» GEOTAIL – observes the Earth’s magnetosphere
» Dragon – shuttles crew and cargo to the International Space Station
» Cygnus – delivery and collection vessel for larger spacecraft

Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won

Above: Cygnus satellite model

Each model comes flat-packed in a box that includes assembly instructions and information about the satellite.

Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won

Above: Dragon satellite model

The visual identity, packaging and branding were designed by London firm Postlerferguson.

Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won

Above: GEOTAIL satellite model

Each satellite model costs £20, or the whole set can be bought for £80 from the Papafoxtrot website should you not be lucky enough to win.

Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won

Above: ORS-1 satellite model

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Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Papafoxtrot satellites” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers. Read our privacy policy here.

Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won

Competition closes 6 November 2012. Twenty winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

The information below is from Postlerferguson:


Postlerferguson is proud to announce the second series of products designed for Papafoxtrot London! We have selected the 5 most iconic unmanned spacecraft circling the earth and transformed them into Papafoxtrot’s iconic design language which we developed with our series of wooden cargo vessels a year ago. From an interplanetary garbage collection to a future commercial spacebus to Mars these amazing machines are making the world go round day and night.

Postlerferguson has been responsible for the visual identity, packaging design of the series as well as the art direction, web page and brand system continuing our ongoing collaboration with Papafoxtrot.

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Medicom Toy x Fujiko Fujio

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Cool Hunting Rough Cut: Drawing Machine

Old school drawing machine creates analog art

Cool Hunting Rough Cut: Drawing Machine

During a recent visit to Maison&Objet 2012 in Paris we came across a neat and simple toy from the London based company All Lovely Stuff. Their super analog drawing machine uses a felt pen and simple tools that are assembled with a rubberband and can be configured to draw…

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Knitted tree and creatures by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection

Knitted tree and creature by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection

East London designer Donna Wilson will contribute a special installation to Dezeen’s Stepney Green Design Collection made up of a 1.8 metre-high knitted tree with a selection of her soft-toy creatures living in it.

Knitted tree and creature by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection

The one-off knitted tree is from an exhibition called Endangered Species (above) that Wilson created earlier this year at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Knitted tree and creature by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection

The tree is inhabited by a selection of Wilson’s signature creatures including Cyril Squirrel-fox (above) and his offspring Rill and Ralf (below).

Knitted tree and creature by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection

Dezeen has been commissioned to curate a collection of products designed by east London creatives that live near to new housing development VIVO and we will be publishing more designs as they are added to the collection during the next month.

Knitted tree and creature by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection

The designs will be on show as part of a collection of 30 works of art, fashion, sculpture and furniture celebrating local talent that will be exhibited at the Genesis Cinema in October and then donated to the VIVO residents – find out more here.

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Adidas Basket Profi Paper Toy

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Basket Profi Paper Toy

Conjuring Arts Playing Cards

Historic skulls adorn a custom card set from the elusive center for magic

Conjuring Arts Playing Cards

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Mario wood idol

Questo capolavoro fa parte della serie Wood Idols, pezzi unici dipinti a mano da Amanda Visell. Li trovate tutti qui, Mario compreso.

Andy Warhol VCD Figures

Verrà rilasciata in ottobre questa dolls dedicata ad Andy Warhol prodotta dai giappo di Medicom Toy. Le due versioni disponibili saranno quella normale (con la banana in mano) o screen print (ispirata ai suo famosi ritratti).
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You & I by Steven Harrington

Mi era scappata questa opera di Toykyo x Steven Harrington in ceramica, prodotta in soli 25 esemplari, alcuni dei quali in vendita da Colette ad un prezzo da collezione.

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Flat Zoo by Yang:Ripol

Slices of wood are layered in different combinations to make each animal in this toy menagerie by London design studio Yang:Ripol.

Flat Zoo by Yang Ripol

Flat Zoo comprises five pieces of thin ply, printed on both sides, that combine to make an elephant, monkey, penguin, owl, duck, whale and mouse.

Flat Zoo by Yang Ripol

The pieces are held together by a blue rubber band.

Flat Zoo by Yang Ripol

Yang:Ripol was founded last year by Yang and fellow Royal College of Art graduate Claudio Ripol.

Flat Zoo by Yang Ripol

We recently featured another set of wooden toys on Dezeen – an oil rig and tanker by Norwegian studio Permafrost.

Flat Zoo by Yang Ripol

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