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★Creative Direction & Design Education (#Designer #Inventor #Educator #Author #Creator)

Peter Wachtel

Los Angeles, CA
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    ★Creative Direction & Design Education: Award Winning Design "Innovention" for: Toys, Products, Graphics, Video Games, Theme Park & Entertainment Design, Design Education & Cartoon Voice-Overs.

    • Designed & Developed over 500 Toys & Products (Multiple Patents), and work with some of the Best Toy & Product companies in the World & Invented the World Famous GRILL WRANGLER BBQ & ZOMBIE Tool & Batter Batter Fetch Dog toy.

    • Teach Toy, Product, Set & Exhibit & Graphic Design at: Pratt Institute, Columbus College of Art & Design, Ai Hollywood, Otis College of Art & Design, Parsons School of Design, MIT & Adolfo Camarillo High School.

    • Write numerous articles for Toy & Edu magazines, blogs, and 2 books on Toys, and was President of The Southern California Toy Association.

    • Speaker & Presenter on Innovation in Education at various National educational venues: SkillsUSA, ACTE, Makerbot, EIS, CTE, OxnardU

    ★Featured Print & TV: Harbor Freight Tools for Schools, SkillsUSA, ACTE, Makerbot, ID Magazine, Playthings, Toy Book, TD Monthly, KidScreen, WSJ, Inventors Digest, The Today Show, HGTV, FOX, ABC, CBS Early Show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Food Network's Sugar Dome, Everyday Edisons, The Smithsonian, ABC's The Toy Box, Inventions That Changed History (Discovery+), Tonight Show with Jay Leno & various Podcasts & Radio Shows.

    “I Play, therefore I am”. (#Designer #Inventor #Teacher #Author #Creator)

  • Awards

    • 2025 SkillsUSA California Chapter of Distinction

    • 2024 Dewalt Grow The Trades Grant Recipient

    • 2024 Mojo Nation & People of Play Toy Innovator of the Year Finalist - Batter Batter Fetch

    • 2023 Guinness World Record Holder- Longest Charcuterie Board in the World (204 ft 7.9 in) & 500+ lbs of Food!

    • 2022-23 CTE Instructional Specialist (District wide)

    • 2022 California ACTE CTE Teacher of the Year

    • 2022 SkillsUSA & Lowes Lab Upgrade Grant

    • 2021 CCAD Arts Educator Alumni Award

    • 2019 | 2021 HFTFS Teaching Excellence Award & Judge

    • 2019 ACHS Teacher Ambassador Award

    • 2018 VC Innovates Pathfinder Teacher Award

    • 2003 Parents Choice & Family Fun’s Toy of the Year Award - Tonka Road Constructor

    • CTE Chair, SkillsUSA & ACTE Advisor



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    ★The Toy Association

    ★IDSA

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    • Industrial Design
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