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Beatrice Alexander: Creating an Industry

BY Todd Coopee February 16, 2018 Profiles of Ingenuity

Profiles of Ingenuity

LEGO – Assembling all the Pieces – Ole Kirk Christiansen

The Danish toymaker rose from poverty to create LEGO, one of the world's most recognizable and profitable toy brands.

Charles S. Raizen: Patterning Playtime

Charles S. Raizen invented a new way to transfer patterns through friction, creating a new niche and earning his place in toy-industry history.

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