This collectable Fatra Bulik The Dog Inflatable Bulldog in Black is a new classic of Czech design. Made of durable 3mm PVC designed by Jan Capek. Please see another listing for Bulik in White. Boxed.

The Dog Bulík toy is made according to the design of designer Jan Čapek - winner of the Czech Grand Design - Designer of the Year 2013 award.

Jan Capek (* 1976 *)

He graduated from SUPŠ Turnov, majoring in grinding and engraving of precious stones, JE Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Arts and Design, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, majoring in Metal and Jewelery, and subsequently majoring in Design.
He worked for two years at the European design center of the company Electrolux (2nd place in the world competition for design students for the design of a washing machine for men). He originally designed a case for a glass bottle of Pininfarina for Karlovy Vary Mineral Waters, followed by a whole portfolio of PET bottles. Breweries from the Plzeňský prazdroj group use glasses for Radegast and Velkopopovický Kozel from it and bottle it into several PET bottles designed by him.
In addition to his own design work, he currently runs the Product Design Studio at the University of Ústí nad Labem. He is one of the authors of new inflatable toys - Dog and Formula - for Fatra Napajedla.

www.jancapek.net

Inflatable toys were introduced in Fatra (who produced the toys of acclaimed designer Libuse Niklova) in the seventies of the last century and their simple shape harmonises perfectly with their unique colour design up to the present. Toys were manufactured till 2000 when their production was ceased due to Asian competitors. Toys were reborn again in 2010, and the toy series has been still expanding. These toys are still looked for by parents and grandparents mainly as a memory of their own childhood.