1.How did Ruth Handler design Barbie?
Ruth Handler came up with Barbie by watching the growth of her daughter. At that time Handlers company Matter was at that time already a leading business for toys. Handler noticed that her daughter passed all dolls, but preferred to play with dolls that were much older than her, dolls that had a good sense of fashion, were good looking and had shopped all day. Before Barbie was invented, girls like handlers daughter had to play with paper cutouts. So then Ruth decided to create the paper cutouts into a 3-D version, in other words she made the paper cutouts into real babies. Actually, Ruth Handler didn’t sculpture Barbie; she only created the design specifications and managed the process of Barbie. She let special technicians and engineers sculpture Barbie. Ruth Handler only came up with the design of Barbie and wanted Barbie to actually be sculptured.
2.Did Barbie change throughout the years?
Barbie did change throughout the years. There are many different clothing and accessories for Barbie these days. There are also many different Barbies dolls, such as a teacher Barbie, horseback rider Barbie, wedding Barbie and lots more.
3.Why was Barbie called Barbie and Ken called Ken?
Barbie was called Barbie after Ruth and Elliot Handlers daughter Barbara Handler. Ken, Barbie’s boyfriend was named ken after their son Kenneth Handler.
4.Are Ruth and Elliot Handler still alive?
Ruth Handler passed away on April 27, 2002 in Los Angeles, California. I couldn’t find the information about Elliot Handler.
5.How many Barbies are sold in a year?
Barbie is sold in over 100 different nations and it is estimated that the total sale is about $1.5 each year. Two Barbies dolls are sold somewhere in world every second of the day
6.How much does a Barbie cost nowadays?
Depending on the edition and what is bought. A Barbie can cost between 10-30 dollars.
7.Is Barbie still manufactured in Japan?
Barbie was manufactured in Japan at the beginning. Later on Barbie was manufactured in Korea.
8.Do Barbie and Ken look alike with Handlers children?
No. they do not look alike.
Criterion A Investigation.
This project is about inventors and inventions. The unit question is how do inventors come up with ideas and create their inventions?
I think inventors come up with their inventions by visualizing their environment and think about how to solve the needs of others and maybe also their needs. Ruth Handler for example invented Barbie, because she noticed that her daughter didn’t like the old fashioned dolls. She noticed that her daughter preferred to play with paper cutouts that had young and stylish models on. Ruth then thought why not create it in 3D and with that Barbie was created. Inventors in my opinion are creative, risk-takers and thinkers. They are creative with what they do and to come up with an invention, you have to be kind of creative. They also are risk-takers, because obviously they take risks in what they do and sometimes their inventions might be rejected. Inventors do take risks. Being a thinker is also part of being an inventor. I think inventor think about the needs of their surroundings and they think about how to solve the problems.
I think this project is very important and teaches us a lot. All the projects and also this project were done to be able to answer the unit question. I think it is very important that there are inventions and inventors, because without them the world wouldn’t grow and we wouldn’t improve our lives and also we wouldn’t develop further. Inventions don’t only make our lives easier, but also let us learn, develop and improve. Without inventions and inventors we would still be in Stone Age. Inventions and inventors are very important and without them the world wouldn’t be developing so fast. On one side inventions and inventors are good, but as soon as they invent things that are not good for us, it becomes a problem. But then with this, we can learn from the mistake and reflect on what we did wrong and how we could improve the invention. Inventions and inventions are very important and help the development of our world.
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